1941 - 2005
George Pan Cosmatos (4 January 1941 – 19 April 2005) was a Greek-Italian film director and screenwriter. Following early success in his home country with drama films such as Massacre in Rome with Richard Burton (based on the real-life Ardeatine massacre), Cosmatos retooled his career towards mainstream "blockbuster" action and adventure films, including The Cassandra Crossing and Escape to Athena, both of which were British-Italian co-productions. After relocating to North America, he directed the horror film Of Unknown Origin. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George P. Cosmatos has received more than 699,114 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. George P. Cosmatos is the 505th most popular film director (down from 444th in 2019), the 2,305th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,105th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Italian Film Director.
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Among film directors, George P. Cosmatos ranks 505 out of 1,581. Before him are Arthur Hiller, Mauro Bolognini, Abel Ferrara, Martin Ritt, Taylor Hackford, and Chuck Lorre. After him are Grigori Aleksandrov, Paul Thomas Anderson, Glauber Rocha, Moshé Mizrahi, Peter Yates, and John Badham.
1923 - 2016
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 499
1922 - 2001
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 500
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 501
1914 - 1990
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 502
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 503
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 504
1941 - 2005
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 505
1903 - 1983
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 506
1970 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 507
1939 - 1981
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 508
1931 - 2018
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 509
1929 - 2011
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 510
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 511
Among people born in 1941, George P. Cosmatos ranks 201. Before him are Leslie Lamport, Richard Holbrooke, Fritz Wepper, Roberto Calasso, Leon Russom, and Eugène Terre'Blanche. After him are Wilson Pickett, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ghena Dimitrova, Andrés García, Sonny Landham, and Robert Foxworth. Among people deceased in 2005, George P. Cosmatos ranks 105. Before him are Teresa Wright, Vasco Gonçalves, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Kocheril R. Narayanan, John Mills, and Andre Gunder Frank. After him are Ghena Dimitrova, Maurice Hilleman, Sangoulé Lamizana, Polina Astakhova, Eddie Albert, and Jimmy Smith.
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 195
1941 - 2010
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 196
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 197
1941 - 2021
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 198
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 199
1941 - 2010
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 200
1941 - 2005
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 201
1941 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 202
1941 - 1995
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 203
1941 - 2005
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 204
1941 - 2023
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 205
1941 - 2017
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 206
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 207
1918 - 2005
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 99
1921 - 2005
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 100
1929 - 2005
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 101
1921 - 2005
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 102
1908 - 2005
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 103
1929 - 2005
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 104
1941 - 2005
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 105
1941 - 2005
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 106
1919 - 2005
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 107
1916 - 2005
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 108
1936 - 2005
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 109
1906 - 2005
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 110
1925 - 2005
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 111
Among people born in Italy, George P. Cosmatos ranks 2,305 out of 4,668. Before him are Luigi Illica (1857), Laura Martinozzi (1639), Mauro Bolognini (1922), Antonio Quarracino (1923), Giuseppe Sammartini (1695), and Eduardo di Capua (1865). After him are Lawrence Justinian (1381), Azzone Visconti (1302), Jacob Hutter (1500), Giovanna Garzoni (1600), Franco Basaglia (1924), and Alessandro Baricco (1958).
1857 - 1919
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 2,299
1639 - 1687
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 2,300
1922 - 2001
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 2,301
1923 - 1998
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 2,302
1695 - 1750
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 2,303
1865 - 1917
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 2,304
1941 - 2005
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,305
1381 - 1456
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,306
1302 - 1339
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,307
1500 - 1536
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,308
1600 - 1670
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 2,309
1924 - 1980
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 2,310
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,311
Among film directors born in Italy, George P. Cosmatos ranks 39. Before him are Luigi Comencini (1916), Alberto Lattuada (1914), Valerio Zurlini (1926), Umberto Lenzi (1931), Elio Petri (1929), and Mauro Bolognini (1922). After him are Alessandro Blasetti (1900), Carlo Lizzani (1922), Tonino Delli Colli (1923), Giovanni Pastrone (1883), Enzo G. Castellari (1938), and Steno (1917).
1916 - 2007
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 33
1914 - 2005
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 34
1926 - 1982
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 35
1931 - 2017
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 36
1929 - 1982
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 37
1922 - 2001
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 38
1941 - 2005
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 39
1900 - 1987
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 40
1922 - 2013
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 41
1923 - 2005
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 42
1883 - 1959
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 43
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 44
1917 - 1988
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 45