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FILM DIRECTOR

George P. Cosmatos

1941 - 2005

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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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  • 24

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  • 4.68

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, George P. Cosmatos ranks 505 out of 1,581Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, George P. Cosmatos ranks 201Before 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 105Before 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.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, George P. Cosmatos ranks 2,305 out of 4,668Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, George P. Cosmatos ranks 39Before 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).

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