FILM DIRECTOR

Claire Denis

1946 - Today

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Claire Denis (French: [dəni]; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film Beau Travail (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s and of all time. Other acclaimed works include Trouble Every Day (2001), 35 Shots of Rum (2008), White Material (2009), High Life (2018) and Both Sides of the Blade (2022), the last of which won her the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claire Denis has received more than 1,339,214 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Claire Denis is the 403rd most popular film director (up from 413th in 2019), the 2,291st most popular biography from France (up from 2,324th in 2019) and the 51st most popular French Film Director.

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  • 56.07

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

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  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Claire Denis ranks 403 out of 2,041. Before her are Gene Deitch, Karel Reisz, Tony Gatlif, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, James L. Brooks, and Russ Meyer. After her are Alberto Lattuada, Kaneto Shindo, Christian-Jaque, John Guillermin, André Téchiné, and Jean-Jacques Beineix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Claire Denis ranks 195. Before her are Ellison Onizuka, André Dussollier, Irena Szewińska, Maria Bethânia, Matthieu Ricard, and Jean-Pierre Jarier. After her are Toquinho, Ismail Khan, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Héctor Lavoe, Stephen Rea, and Sven Nordqvist.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claire Denis ranks 2,291 out of 6,770. Before her are François Berléand (1952), Hans von Salmuth (1888), Jean Chacornac (1823), Georges Claude (1870), Edgar Faure (1908), and Pierre Henry (1927). After her are Jean Paulhan (1884), Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues (1579), Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771), Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona (1487), Maurice René Fréchet (1878), and Alain Robert (1962).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Claire Denis ranks 51. Before her are Jacques Doillon (1944), Leos Carax (1960), Alexandre Astruc (1923), Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946), Patrice Leconte (1947), and Jacques Copeau (1879). After her are Christian-Jaque (1904), André Téchiné (1943), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946), Michel Gondry (1963), Aleksandar Petrović (1929), and Claude Zidi (1934).

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Filmography

Paris, Texas
Director
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Jul 16o 19848.1 / 10
Wings of Desire
Director
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.
Sep 23o 19877.8 / 10
High Life
Director
A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
Sep 26o 20185.749 / 10