FILM DIRECTOR

Elio Petri

1929 - 1982

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Eraclio Petri (29 January 1929 – 10 November 1982), commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film and theatre director, screenwriter and film critic. The Museum of Modern Art described him as "one of the preeminent political and social satirists of 1960s and early 1970s Italian cinema". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elio Petri has received more than 182,905 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Elio Petri is the 484th most popular film director (up from 487th in 2019), the 2,360th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,252nd in 2019) and the 40th most popular Italian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

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  • 54.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Elio Petri ranks 484 out of 2,041. Before him are André Hunebelle, John Badham, Edward Zwick, George P. Cosmatos, Juraj Jakubisko, and Fernando Meirelles. After him are Renny Harlin, Jörn Donner, Jim Abrahams, Louis Delluc, Grigori Aleksandrov, and John Waters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Elio Petri ranks 171. Before him are Richard F. Gordon Jr., Claude Rich, Zeca Afonso, Charles Tilly, Anne Meara, and Guillermo Cabrera Infante. After him are Josef Suk, Nargis, Anne Ramsey, Andrew Bertie, Frano Selak, and Gastone Moschin. Among people deceased in 1982, Elio Petri ranks 98. Before him are Art Pepper, Vic Morrow, Giovanni Benelli, Randy Rhoads, Bauyrzhan Momyshuly, and C. R. Swart. After him are Anatoly Solonitsyn, Taisen Deshimaru, Marcel Camus, David Frankfurter, Abba P. Lerner, and Pavel Rotmistrov.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Elio Petri ranks 2,360 out of 5,161. Before him are Realdo Colombo (1516), Pierina Legnani (1863), Medardo Rosso (1858), Filippo Pacini (1812), Joseph Bonanno (1905), and Eugenio Beltrami (1835). After him are Renato Carosone (1920), Alberto Colombo (1946), Perino del Vaga (1501), Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo (1701), Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (1455), and Junia Tertia (-70).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Elio Petri ranks 40. Before him are Luigi Comencini (1916), Alberto Lattuada (1914), Giuliano Montaldo (1930), Umberto Lenzi (1931), Mauro Bolognini (1922), and George P. Cosmatos (1941). After him are Alessandro Blasetti (1900), Luigi Zampa (1905), Tonino Delli Colli (1923), Franco Rossi (1919), Carlo Lizzani (1922), and Giovanni Pastrone (1883).

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