1921 - 2012
Chris Marker (French: [maʁkɛʁ]; 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012) was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and film essayist. His best known films are La Jetée (1962), A Grin Without a Cat (1977) and Sans Soleil (1983). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Marker has received more than 675,196 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Chris Marker is the 234th most popular film director (up from 244th in 2019), the 1,467th most popular biography from France (up from 1,483rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Film Director.
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Among film directors, Chris Marker ranks 234 out of 1,581. Before him are Richard Fleischer, Margarethe von Trotta, Barbet Schroeder, Lucio Fulci, Yılmaz Güney, and Stephen Frears. After him are Arthur Penn, Raoul Walsh, Julien Duvivier, Youssef Chahine, Mario Monicelli, and John G. Avildsen.
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 228
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 229
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 230
1927 - 1996
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 231
1937 - 1984
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 232
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 233
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 234
1922 - 2010
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 235
1887 - 1980
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 236
1896 - 1967
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 237
1926 - 2008
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 238
1915 - 2010
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 239
1935 - 2017
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 240
Among people born in 1921, Chris Marker ranks 84. Before him are Betty Friedan, Miklós Jancsó, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Karel Appel, Herta Bothe, and Paddy Roy Bates. After him are Amin al-Hafiz, Thomas Schelling, John Money, Geoffrey Wilkinson, James Clavell, and Gene Roddenberry. Among people deceased in 2012, Chris Marker ranks 64. Before him are George Armitage Miller, Gustav Leonhardt, Kathryn Joosten, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., Herbert Lom, and Paddy Roy Bates. After him are Miguel de la Madrid, Rauf Denktaş, Helmut Haller, Renato Dulbecco, Paul L. Smith, and Sergio Oliva.
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 78
1921 - 2014
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 79
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 80
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 81
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 82
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 83
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 84
1921 - 2009
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 85
1921 - 2016
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 86
1921 - 2006
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 87
1921 - 1996
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 88
1921 - 1994
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 89
1921 - 1991
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 90
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 58
1928 - 2012
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 59
1939 - 2012
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 60
1934 - 2012
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 61
1917 - 2012
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 62
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 63
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 64
1934 - 2012
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 65
1924 - 2012
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 66
1939 - 2012
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 67
1914 - 2012
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 68
1936 - 2012
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 69
1941 - 2012
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 70
Among people born in France, Chris Marker ranks 1,467 out of 6,011. Before him are Odo of Cluny (878), André Charles Boulle (1642), Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707), Philip, Duke of Orléans (1336), Sebastian Castellio (1515), and Emmanuelle Béart (1963). After him are Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773), Robert-François Damiens (1715), Charles Péguy (1873), Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517), Constance of Arles (974), and Abbé Pierre (1912).
878 - 942
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 1,461
1642 - 1732
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 1,462
1707 - 1712
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 1,463
1336 - 1375
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 1,464
1515 - 1563
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 1,465
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,466
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,467
1773 - 1827
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,468
1715 - 1757
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,469
1873 - 1914
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 1,470
1517 - 1586
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 1,471
974 - 1032
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 1,472
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 1,473
Among film directors born in France, Chris Marker ranks 30. Before him are Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Jacques Rivette (1928), Claude Lanzmann (1925), Alice Guy-Blaché (1873), Bertrand Tavernier (1941), and Frank Darabont (1959). After him are Julien Duvivier (1896), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946), Patrice Chéreau (1944), Jean Rouch (1917), Jacques Becker (1906), and William Kennedy Dickson (1860).
1907 - 1977
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 24
1928 - 2016
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 25
1925 - 2018
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 26
1873 - 1968
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 27
1941 - 2021
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 28
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 29
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 30
1896 - 1967
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 31
1946 - 2022
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 32
1944 - 2013
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 33
1917 - 2004
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 34
1906 - 1960
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 35
1860 - 1935
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 36