FILM DIRECTOR

Gérard Pirès

1942 - Today

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Gérard Pirès (born 31 August 1942) is a French film director and writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gérard Pirès has received more than 62,749 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gérard Pirès is the 901st most popular film director (down from 831st in 2019), the 4,091st most popular biography from France (down from 3,738th in 2019) and the 112th most popular French Film Director.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

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  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gérard Pirès ranks 901 out of 2,041. Before him are Wanda Jakubowska, Percy Adlon, Catherine Hardwicke, Alexandre Volkoff, Jack Bender, and Goran Paskaljević. After him are Yves Boisset, Yasushi Akimoto, Godfrey Reggio, Želimir Žilnik, Wolfgang Staudte, and Kad Merad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Gérard Pirès ranks 393. Before him are Eric Shinseki, Krister Kristensson, Tammy Faye Messner, Galina Kulakova, Uğur Mumcu, and Mike Resnick. After him are Rubén Salazar Gómez, Marcia Wallace, Želimir Žilnik, Marty Balin, Osman Nuri Topbaş, and Dobromir Zhechev.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gérard Pirès ranks 4,091 out of 6,770. Before him are Aymeric Laporte (1994), Marc Fumaroli (1932), Hippolyte Aucouturier (1876), Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835), Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813), and Viktor Lazlo (1960). After him are Yves Boisset (1939), Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841), Claude Nougaro (1929), Philippe Sarde (1948), Félicien David (1810), and Arnaud Denjoy (1884).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Gérard Pirès ranks 112. Before him are Raoul Coutard (1924), Raymond Bernard (1891), Jean Becker (1933), Jeannot Szwarc (1937), Jean Grémillon (1902), and Régis Wargnier (1948). After him are Yves Boisset (1939), Philippe Rousselot (1945), Christophe Gans (1960), Justine Triet (1978), Serge Bourguignon (1928), and Michel Boisrond (1921).

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Filmography

Taxi
Director
In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job.
Apr 8th 19986.704 / 10
Double zéro
Director
Ben and Bill are the two worst, completely useless agents - real losers. But who else would you send on a super-difficult top-secret mission? The French have just sold a new high-power M51 rocket to the Russians for crazy money. Unfortunately for them, the rocket was hijacked before they could get it of their hands. However, not just any fool is up to neutralizing this threat, but only the craziest and most stupid of them can cope with such a task.
Jun 16th 20044.893 / 10
Sky Fighters
Director
Two air force pilots prevent a terrorist attack on the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris.
Oct 15th 20056 / 10