FILM DIRECTOR

François Ozon

1967 - Today

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François Ozon (French: [fʁɑ̃.swa o.zɔ̃]; born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter. Ozon is considered one of the most important modern French filmmakers. His films are characterized by aesthetic beauty, sharp satirical humor and a free-wheeling view of human sexuality. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Ozon has received more than 743,611 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). François Ozon is the 355th most popular film director (down from 331st in 2019), the 2,097th most popular biography from France (down from 1,883rd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular French Film Director.

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  • 42

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  • 6.93

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  • 2.87

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, François Ozon ranks 355 out of 2,041. Before him are Ermanno Olmi, Ray Harryhausen, Mika Kaurismäki, Gustaf Gründgens, Guy Hamilton, and Valerio Zurlini. After him are Mikio Naruse, Clifford Odets, Juan Antonio Bardem, Jacques Feyder, Jacques Audiard, and Irvin Kershner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, François Ozon ranks 42. Before him are Yingluck Shinawatra, Laura Dern, Andrés Escobar, Guy Pearce, David Ginola, and Paul Gascoigne. After him are Rhys Ifans, Will Ferrell, Ken Block, Serj Tankian, Mathieu Kassovitz, and Emily Watson.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Ozon ranks 2,097 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre d'Aubusson (1423), Alizée (1984), Sébastien Érard (1752), Catherine of France, Countess of Charolais (1428), Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (1257), and Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou (1006). After him are Philip II, Count of Nevers (1389), Sébastien Bourdon (1616), François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois (1641), Marguerite of Lorraine (1615), Jean Wahl (1888), and Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (1960).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, François Ozon ranks 43. Before him are Francis Veber (1937), William Kennedy Dickson (1860), Jean Rouch (1917), Claude Sautet (1924), Jean Girault (1924), and Guy Hamilton (1922). After him are Jacques Audiard (1952), Jacques Doillon (1944), Leos Carax (1960), Alexandre Astruc (1923), Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946), and Patrice Leconte (1947).

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Filmography

Young & Beautiful
Director
Isabelle, a 17-year-old student, loses her virginity during a quick holiday romance. When she returns home, she begins a secret life as a prostitute for a year.
Aug 21o 20136.477 / 10
8 Women
Director
Eight women gather to celebrate Christmas in a snowbound cottage, only to find the family patriarch dead with a knife in his back. Trapped in the house, every woman becomes a suspect, each having her own motive and secret.
Feb 6o 20026.9 / 10
In the House
Director
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
Sep 26o 20127.2 / 10