Film Director

Dario Argento

Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1940)

1940 - today

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His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2024). Dario Argento is the 94th most popular film director (down from 82nd in 2024), the 815th most popular biography from Italy (down from 685th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Italian Film Director.

Dario Argento is a famous Italian film director and producer. He is most famous for his horror films, such as "Suspiria" and "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage."

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Dario Argento ranks #94 of 2,296 Film Directors worldwide, placing them among the top 5% of the profession.

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Dario Argento's biography appears in 48 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 92% of all Film Directors.

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Among Film Directors

Among film directors, Dario Argento ranks 94 out of 2,296. Before him are Terry Gilliam, Manoel de Oliveira, Carl Theodor Dreyer, John Carpenter, Wolfgang Petersen, and Aki Kaurismäki. After him are Christopher Nolan, Carlos Saura, Richard Attenborough, David Lean, René Clair, and Andrzej Żuławski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Dario Argento ranks 51. Before him are Abdurrahman Wahid, Patrick Stewart, Kip Thorne, Óscar Arias, Terry Gilliam, and Nancy Sinatra. After him are Richard Williamson, Anna Karina, Andrzej Żuławski, David Koch, Patrick Leahy, and Raquel Welch.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Dario Argento ranks 815 out of 5,905. Before him are Louise of Orléans (1812), Palmiro Togliatti (1893), Scholastica (480), Vittorio Gassman (1922), Aldo Rossi (1931), and Giambattista Basile (1566). After him are Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1751), Domenichino (1581), Louis I of Etruria (1773), Eugenio Montale (1896), William II of Sicily (1153), and Pisanello (1395).

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Among Film Directors In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Dario Argento ranks 12. Before him are Michelangelo Antonioni (1912), Vittorio De Sica (1901), Tinto Brass (1933), Roberto Rossellini (1906), Frank Capra (1897), and Franco Zeffirelli (1923). After him are Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), Ettore Scola (1931), Sergio Corbucci (1926), Dino Risi (1916), Pasquale Squitieri (1938), and Lina Wertmüller (1928).

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