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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 169,044 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Elio Petri is the 488th most popular film director (down from 479th in 2019), the 2,257th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,198th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Italian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Elio Petri ranks 488 out of 1,581Before him are Aleksandar Petrović, Yves Allégret, Asghar Farhadi, Walter Ruttmann, Václav Vorlíček, and Lindsay Anderson. After him are Seijun Suzuki, Hal Ashby, Néstor Almendros, David Byrne, Olivier Assayas, and Adam McKay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Elio Petri ranks 171Before him are Edison Denisov, Anne Ramsey, Fred Sinowatz, Aleksandar Petrović, Lee Hazlewood, and Josef Suk. After him are Camilo Torres Restrepo, Hal Ashby, Arnold Palmer, Gaston Glock, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and James Hong. Among people deceased in 1982, Elio Petri ranks 96Before him are Georg Konrad Morgen, Harold Sakata, Pavel Rotmistrov, Giovanni Benelli, Valerio Zurlini, and David Frankfurter. After him are Riccardo Paletti, Savitri Devi, Taisen Deshimaru, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Jakov Gotovac, and Anandamayi Ma.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Elio Petri ranks 2,257 out of 4,668Before him are Federico Faggin (1941), Gaetano Pugnani (1731), Lucia Anguissola (1536), Aleksandër Moisiu (1879), Archduke Karl of Austria-Este (1785), and Roberto Bettega (1950). After him are Obelerio degli Antenori (800), Matteo I Visconti (1250), Prospero Alpini (1553), Asconius Pedianus (-9), Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma (1635), and Ciriaco De Mita (1928).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Elio Petri ranks 37Before him are Marco Bellocchio (1939), Nanni Moretti (1953), Luigi Comencini (1916), Alberto Lattuada (1914), Valerio Zurlini (1926), and Umberto Lenzi (1931). After him are Mauro Bolognini (1922), George P. Cosmatos (1941), Alessandro Blasetti (1900), Carlo Lizzani (1922), Tonino Delli Colli (1923), and Giovanni Pastrone (1883).

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