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 736,646 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Carlos Saura is the 83rd most popular film director (up from 86th in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from Spain (up from 161st 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 740k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Carlos Saura ranks 83 out of 2,041. Before him are William Wyler, Elia Kazan, Terry Gilliam, Franco Zeffirelli, Costa-Gavras, and Dario Argento. After him are F. W. Murnau, Peter Brook, Fred Zinnemann, Wolfgang Petersen, Satyajit Ray, and Jim Jarmusch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Carlos Saura ranks 27. Before him are François Englert, Dian Fossey, Roh Tae-woo, Glenn Gould, Anthony Perkins, and Anatoliy Solovianenko. After him are Camilo Cienfuegos, Gerhard Richter, Houari Boumédiène, Ellen Burstyn, Melvin Schwartz, and Michel Legrand. Among people deceased in 2023, Carlos Saura ranks 34. Before him are Luis Suárez, Li Keqiang, Ferid Murad, Raquel Welch, Helmut Berger, and Burt Young. After him are Harry Belafonte, Robert Solow, László Sólyom, Renata Scotto, Matthew Perry, and Antonio Negri.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Carlos Saura ranks 154 out of 3,355. Before him are Ferdinand I of Naples (1423), José Echegaray (1832), Peter IV of Aragon (1319), Diego de Almagro (1475), Berengaria of Navarre (1165), and José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903). After him are Ferdinand I of León (1016), Francisco de Quevedo (1584), Miguel Muñoz (1922), Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155), Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), and John II of Castile (1405).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Spain

Among film directors born in Spain, Carlos Saura ranks 3. Before him are Luis Buñuel (1900), and Pedro Almodóvar (1949). After him are Jesús Franco (1930), Víctor Erice (1940), Bigas Luna (1946), Juan Antonio Bardem (1922), Vicente Aranda (1926), Néstor Almendros (1930), Luis García Berlanga (1921), Segundo de Chomón (1871), and Fernando Trueba (1955).

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