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FILM DIRECTOR

Claude Lanzmann

1925 - 2018

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Claude Lanzmann (French: [lanzman]; 27 November 1925 – 5 July 2018) was a French filmmaker. He is 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 528,365 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Lanzmann is the 174th most popular film director (down from 154th in 2019), the 1,111th most popular biography from France (down from 1,033rd in 2019) and the 26th 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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  • 61.42

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Claude Lanzmann ranks 174 out of 1,581Before him are Jonathan Demme, Kathryn Bigelow, Bille August, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jesús Franco, and Nikita Mikhalkov. After him are Robert Aldrich, Peter Weir, Don Siegel, G. W. Pabst, Guy Ritchie, and Dino Risi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Claude Lanzmann ranks 65Before him are Michele Ferrero, Alain Touraine, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Celia Cruz, Frei Otto, and Dick Van Dyke. After him are Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, Hilda Gadea, Hal Holbrook, Oliver Smithies, and József Bozsik. Among people deceased in 2018, Claude Lanzmann ranks 46Before him are Barbara Bush, R. Lee Ermey, Riccardo Giacconi, Burton Richter, Jens Christian Skou, and Milena Dravić. After him are Günter Blobel, Joël Robuchon, Jean-Louis Tauran, Paul D. Boyer, Scott Wilson, and Reynaldo Bignone.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Lanzmann ranks 1,111 out of 6,011Before him are Maurice Halbwachs (1877), Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844), Didier Deschamps (1968), Maria Schneider (1952), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), and Claude Joseph Vernet (1714). After him are Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma (1930), Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1187), Richard III, Duke of Normandy (1001), Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1580), Antonio I, Prince of Monaco (1661), and Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Claude Lanzmann ranks 26Before him are Jacques Demy (1931), Abel Gance (1889), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Jean Vigo (1905), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), and Jacques Rivette (1928). After him are Alice Guy-Blaché (1873), Bertrand Tavernier (1941), Frank Darabont (1959), Chris Marker (1921), Julien Duvivier (1896), and Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946).

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