FILM DIRECTOR

Claude Lanzmann

1925 - 2018

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Claude Lanzmann (French: [lanzman]; 27 November 1925 – 5 July 2018) was a French filmmaker, best known for the Holocaust documentary film Shoah (1985), which consists of nine and a half hours of oral testimony from Holocaust survivors, without historical footage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Lanzmann has received more than 567,819 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Lanzmann is the 206th most popular film director (down from 174th in 2019), the 1,362nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,108th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Film Director.

Claude Lanzmann is most famous for his documentary film Shoah, which is a nine-and-a-half hour long film that tells the story of the Holocaust.

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  • 570k

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  • 65.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Claude Lanzmann ranks 206 out of 2,041. Before him are John G. Avildsen, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Vincente Minnelli, Mike Newell, Amos Gitai, and Douglas Sirk. After him are Dariush Mehrjui, Danny Boyle, Lina Wertmüller, Joe D'Amato, Thea von Harbou, and Alan J. Pakula.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Claude Lanzmann ranks 79. Before him are Robert Rauschenberg, Dick Van Dyke, Oscar Peterson, Ernest Gellner, Hilda Gadea, and Charles Chaplin Jr.. After him are Michel de Certeau, Hal Holbrook, Joshua Lederberg, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Harry Harrison, and Gabriele Ferzetti. Among people deceased in 2018, Claude Lanzmann ranks 64. Before him are Dorothy Malone, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Joël Robuchon, Scott Wilson, Aaron Klug, and Alan Bean. After him are Sondra Locke, Dolores O'Riordan, Thomas A. Steitz, Anthony Bourdain, Steve Ditko, and Christine Nöstlinger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Lanzmann ranks 1,362 out of 6,770. Before him are Françoise Gilot (1921), Gabriel Lamé (1795), Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (1435), Louis, Prince of Condé (1530), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), and Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517). After him are Pierre Cauchon (1371), Walter Sans Avoir (1050), Marie Anne de Bourbon (1666), Livilla (-13), Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761), and Roger Caillois (1913).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Claude Lanzmann ranks 27. Before him are Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Alice Guy-Blaché (1873), Louis Malle (1932), Abel Gance (1889), Jacques Rivette (1928), and Jean Vigo (1905). After him are Chris Marker (1921), Jacques Becker (1906), Bertrand Tavernier (1941), Patrice Chéreau (1944), Frank Darabont (1959), and Julien Duvivier (1896).

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