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 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George P. Cosmatos by language

Over the past year George P. Cosmatos has had the most page views in the with 119,655 views, followed by Italian (12,531), and Russian (7,979). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (600.00%), Dutch (211.29%), and Malagasy (146.51%)

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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Filmography

Cobra
Director
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
May 22o 19866.1 / 10
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Director
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
May 21o 19856.6 / 10
Tombstone
Director
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.
Dec 25o 19937.6 / 10