FILM DIRECTOR

Carlo Vanzina

1951 - 2018

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Carlo Vanzina (13 March 1951 – 8 July 2018) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. Vanzina was born in Rome, the son of Maria Teresa Nati and film director Stefano Vanzina and brother of Enrico Vanzina. Many of his projects were made for Italian television with English-speaking actors, and in turn these films received English-language home video releases in America. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlo Vanzina has received more than 81,186 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlo Vanzina is the 1,353rd most popular film director (down from 1,321st in 2019), the 3,993rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,746th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Italian Film Director.

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  • 81k

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  • 44.71

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Carlo Vanzina ranks 1,353 out of 2,041. Before him are Scott Derrickson, Mark Sandrich, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Lucrecia Martel, Tommy Lee Wallace, and Stanley Tong. After him are Alexander Hall, Tim Miller, Malik Bendjelloul, Leon Shamroy, Peter Segal, and Marco Tullio Giordana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Carlo Vanzina ranks 474. Before him are Brian Downey, Cornelius Sim, Paulo Kassoma, Jürgen Hennig, John Abizaid, and Helen Zille. After him are Haruki Uemura, Bernhard Germeshausen, Peabo Bryson, Bootsy Collins, Steve Prefontaine, and Terrence Mann. Among people deceased in 2018, Carlo Vanzina ranks 422. Before him are Piotr Szulkin, Alberto Fouilloux, Richard DeVos, Daniel Akaka, Fatos Arapi, and Pierre Pincemaille. After him are Yvonne Blake, Katie Boyle, Valentina Rastvorova, Peter Sutherland, Igor Korobov, and William Smith.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carlo Vanzina ranks 3,993 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco Severi (1879), Ugo Ferrante (1945), Guido Bontempi (1960), Bruno Boni (1915), Giampaolo Menichelli (1938), and Antonio Maspes (1932). After him are Luigi Piotti (1913), Aldo Costa (1961), Katie Boyle (1926), Giorgio Faletti (1950), Marino Morettini (1931), and Corrado Fabi (1961).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Carlo Vanzina ranks 80. Before him are Elvira Notari (1875), Matteo Garrone (1968), Gabriele Salvatores (1950), Luciano Emmer (1918), Lorenza Mazzetti (1927), and Ettore Giannini (1912). After him are Marco Tullio Giordana (1950), Gabriele Muccino (1967), Cristina Comencini (1956), Alice Rohrwacher (1981), Francesca Comencini (1961), and Mario Martone (1959).

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Filmography

My Friends
Director
Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.
Oct 24th 19758.139 / 10
Christmas Vacation 2000
Director
Superenalotto winner Pasquale Esposito with his family, two penniless students from Emilia and the Colombo and Covelli families, who accidentally rent the same chalet, will spend the Christmas holidays in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Dec 17th 19995.294 / 10
A Walk in Time
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While visiting Universal Studios in Hollywood along with their respective families, two Italian tourists get on a real time machine and got lost in time. Professor Mortimer effort to rescue them result in trips through various ages of ancient Italy.
Dec 13th 19965.2 / 10