FILM DIRECTOR

Béla Tarr

1955 - Today

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Béla Tarr (born 21 July 1955) is a Hungarian filmmaker. Debuting with the film Family Nest (1979), Tarr began his directorial career with a brief period of what he refers to as "social cinema", aimed at telling everyday stories about ordinary people, often in the style of cinema vérité. Over the next decade, he changed the cinematic style and thematic elements of his films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Béla Tarr has received more than 789,855 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Béla Tarr is the 238th most popular film director (up from 294th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 166th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Hungarian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 790k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Béla Tarrs by language

Over the past year Béla Tarr has had the most page views in the with 128,558 views, followed by Hungarian (24,312), and Spanish (21,699). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (139.59%), Catalan (139.29%), and Czech (93.39%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Béla Tarr ranks 238 out of 2,041. Before him are Gus Van Sant, Edwin S. Porter, Gabriel Axel, Ruggero Deodato, Terence Young, and Jacques Becker. After him are Jafar Panahi, Michael Moore, James Ivory, Yılmaz Güney, Bertrand Tavernier, and Víctor Erice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Béla Tarr ranks 66. Before him are Jean Tigana, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Michael Rooker, Billy Idol, Eddie Van Halen, and Adem Jashari. After him are José Antonio Camacho, Billy Milligan, Maria Shriver, Toninho Cerezo, Griffin Dunne, and Tanya Roberts.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Béla Tarr ranks 142 out of 1,077. Before him are Gusztáv Sebes (1906), Georg Solti (1912), Mária Telkes (1900), Katalin Novák (1977), Arthur Nikisch (1855), and Ferenc Deák (1803). After him are Michael Polanyi (1891), György Sárosi (1912), Brassaï (1899), Gyula Lóránt (1923), Leopold Auer (1845), and Nikolaus Lenau (1802).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Hungary

Among film directors born in Hungary, Béla Tarr ranks 4. Before him are Michael Curtiz (1886), István Szabó (1938), and Miklós Jancsó (1921). After him are Márta Mészáros (1931), Adolph Zukor (1873), Ladislao Vajda (1906), László Benedek (1905), Ildikó Enyedi (1955), Zoltán Fábri (1917), Ján Kadár (1918), and Charles Vidor (1900).

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Filmography

The Turin Horse
Director
A monumental windstorm and an abused horse's refusal to work or eat signal the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter.
Mar 31o 20117.7 / 10
Werckmeister Harmonies
Director
A mysterious circus excites a small Hungarian town into a rebellion when a promised act doesn't perform.
Feb 1o 20017.8 / 10
Satantango
Director
Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.
Feb 8o 19948.1 / 10