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 757,989 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). George P. Cosmatos is the 481st most popular film director (up from 504th in 2019), the 2,337th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,300th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Italian Film Director.

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  • 760k

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  • 54.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, George P. Cosmatos ranks 481 out of 2,041. Before him are Moshé Mizrahi, Larisa Shepitko, Derek Jarman, André Hunebelle, John Badham, and Edward Zwick. After him are Juraj Jakubisko, Fernando Meirelles, Elio Petri, Renny Harlin, Jörn Donner, and Jim Abrahams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, George P. Cosmatos ranks 186. Before him are Peter Cullen, Patricio Guzmán, Charles Whitman, Fred West, Umberto Bossi, and Sarah Miles. After him are Lothar Emmerich, Captain Beefheart, Chubby Checker, Bohdan Stupka, Fritz Wepper, and Salvador Sadurní. Among people deceased in 2005, George P. Cosmatos ranks 97. Before him are George Mikan, Simone Simon, Philip Morrison, Ghena Dimitrova, Leo Sternbach, and Guillermo Cabrera Infante. After him are Lazar Berman, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Sandra Dee, Ferruccio Valcareggi, Jair da Rosa Pinto, and Johnny Carson.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, George P. Cosmatos ranks 2,337 out of 5,161. Before him are Girolamo Savoldo (1480), Eleonora Rossi Drago (1925), Francesco Toldo (1971), Isabella of Clermont (1424), Marietta Alboni (1823), and Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (1455). After him are Orazio Vecchi (1550), Tommaso Mocenigo (1343), Quintus Fulvius Flaccus (-300), Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla (-300), Aleksandër Moisiu (1879), and Luigi Jacobini (1832).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, George P. Cosmatos ranks 39. Before him are Paolo Sorrentino (1970), Luigi Comencini (1916), Alberto Lattuada (1914), Giuliano Montaldo (1930), Umberto Lenzi (1931), and Mauro Bolognini (1922). After him are Elio Petri (1929), Alessandro Blasetti (1900), Luigi Zampa (1905), Tonino Delli Colli (1923), Franco Rossi (1919), and Carlo Lizzani (1922).

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