FILM DIRECTOR

Francis Girod

1944 - 2006

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Francis Girod (9 October 1944 – 19 November 2006) was a French film director, actor, and screenwriter. He directed 20 films between 1974 and 2006. His film L'enfance de l'art was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Girod has received more than 25,566 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Girod is the 1,098th most popular film director (up from 1,190th in 2019), the 4,518th most popular biography from France (down from 4,389th in 2019) and the 130th most popular French Film Director.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Francis Girods by language

Over the past year Francis Girod has had the most page views in the with 11,444 views, followed by English (2,751), and German (1,419). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (78.54%), Haitian (46.61%), and French (32.53%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Francis Girod ranks 1,098 out of 2,041. Before him are Rodrigo García, Lloyd Kaufman, Erik Ode, Jean Dréville, Fernando Birri, and Mark Herman. After him are Roman Viktyuk, Gregory La Cava, Alan Crosland, Joe Wright, Elvira Notari, and David Twohy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Francis Girod ranks 496. Before him are Paul Keating, Chi Cheng, Pratibha Ray, Fausto Leali, Bev Bevan, and Sulochana Gadgil. After him are Dale Dye, Volodymyr Kaplychnyi, Jean-Louis Debré, Jaan Talts, Kevin Tighe, and Miklós Páncsics. Among people deceased in 2006, Francis Girod ranks 257. Before him are Fritz Schwab, Viktor Pavlov, Konstantin Beskov, Andrey Petrov, Eugène Martin, and Valentin Muratov. After him are Aron Gurevich, Ken Fletcher, Al Lewis, György Faludy, Raúl Francisco Primatesta, and Jane Wyatt.

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In France

Among people born in France, Francis Girod ranks 4,518 out of 6,770. Before him are Simon Abkarian (1962), Henry of Blois (1096), Marouane Chamakh (1984), Mikaël Silvestre (1977), Roger Vercel (1894), and Jacques-Louis Lions (1928). After him are Arlette Laguiller (1940), Jules Verreaux (1807), Laurent Koscielny (1985), Alfred Schmitt (1907), Henri Tauzin (1879), and Valérie Kaprisky (1962).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Francis Girod ranks 130. Before him are Richard Dembo (1948), Nina Companeez (1937), Noémie Lvovsky (1964), Roger Planchon (1931), Raymond Depardon (1942), and Jean Dréville (1906). After him are Maurice Cloche (1907), Rachid Bouchareb (1953), Robert Guédiguian (1953), Arnaud Desplechin (1960), Laurent Cantet (1961), and Marc Caro (1956).

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Filmography

Lumière and Company
Director
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Dec 20o 19956.273 / 10
The Lady Banker
Director
The scene is the restless Paris of the interwar years where an attractive and ambitious woman successfully makes her way in a world previously reserved for men: that of high finance. Originating from a humble background, she quickly becomes popular with small savers by offering them outstanding interest rates. Extremely popular, she makes no secret of her taste for the good things in life and her homosexual affairs. They will cost her dearly...
Aug 27o 19805.6 / 10
Descent Into Hell
Director
The marriage of the famous writer Alan and his young wife Lola is in a crisis. On a vacation in Haiti Lola wants to decide if their relationship still has a future...
Nov 6o 19864.7 / 10