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FILM DIRECTOR

Carlos Saura

1932 - 2023

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Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. With Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Saura has received more than 673,427 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Carlos Saura is the 86th most popular film director (up from 97th in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Spain (down from 160th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Film Director.

Carlos Saura is a Spanish film director, producer, writer, and actor. He is known for his films of the 1970s and 1980s, including La Caza (The Hunt), Elisa, vida mía (Elisa, My Life), and Carmen.

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  • 670k

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  • 65.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Carlos Saura ranks 86 out of 1,581Before him are Alan Parker, David Lean, Sergei Parajanov, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Alain Resnais, and Zhang Yimou. After him are Satyajit Ray, René Clair, Christopher Nolan, Fred Zinnemann, Andrzej Żuławski, and Wolfgang Petersen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Carlos Saura ranks 31Before him are Gerhard Richter, Miriam Makeba, Camilo Cienfuegos, Michel Legrand, Anthony Perkins, and François Englert. After him are Donald Rumsfeld, Ted Kennedy, Adolfo Suárez, Ellen Burstyn, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and Vladimir Ivashko. Among people deceased in 2023, Carlos Saura ranks 24Before him are Fernando Botero, Giorgio Napolitano, Harald zur Hausen, Paco Rabanne, Helmut Berger, and Li Keqiang. After him are Raquel Welch, Ryan O'Neal, Harry Belafonte, Robert Solow, Alan Arkin, and Robert Lucas Jr..

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Carlos Saura ranks 161 out of 2,932Before him are José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903), Henry II of Castile (1334), Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), Martin of Aragon (1356), Alfonso XI of Castile (1311), and Sancho II of Castile and León (1036). After him are Berengaria of Navarre (1165), Enrique Iglesias (1975), Alfonso II of Aragon (1157), Abd al-Rahman II (788), John I of Castile (1358), and Diego de Almagro (1475).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Spain

Among film directors born in Spain, Carlos Saura ranks 3Before him are Luis Buñuel (1900) and Pedro Almodóvar (1949). After him are Jesús Franco (1930), Bigas Luna (1946), Juan Antonio Bardem (1922), Mario Camus (1935), Luis García Berlanga (1921), Segundo de Chomón (1871), Víctor Erice (1940), Néstor Almendros (1930), and Vicente Aranda (1926).

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