FILM DIRECTOR

Georges Franju

1912 - 1987

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Georges Franju (French: [ʒɔʁʒ fʁɑ̃ʒy]; 12 April 1912 – 5 November 1987) was a French filmmaker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Franju has received more than 173,701 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Georges Franju is the 616th most popular film director (down from 527th in 2019), the 3,275th most popular biography from France (down from 2,851st in 2019) and the 89th most popular French Film Director.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Georges Franju ranks 616 out of 2,041. Before him are Robert Enrico, Brad Bird, Keisuke Kinoshita, Hal Ashby, Jim Sheridan, and Jean Rollin. After him are Andrew Birkin, Tran Anh Hung, Richard C. Sarafian, John Madden, Paul Greengrass, and Arnold Fanck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Georges Franju ranks 167. Before him are Wendy Hiller, Alfred Schwarzmann, Rihei Sano, Boun Oum, Keisuke Kinoshita, and B. D. Jatti. After him are Christopher Hill, Claude Pompidou, Nie Er, Nick Cravat, Pietro Ferraris, and Campanal I. Among people deceased in 1987, Georges Franju ranks 114. Before him are Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Gustav Fröhlich, Adile Naşit, Norman McLaren, Cornelis Vreeswijk, and Arkady Raikin. After him are Bronisława Wajs, René Lévesque, Dmitry Lelyushenko, Patrick Troughton, Bernhard Grzimek, and Ivo Lapenna.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Franju ranks 3,275 out of 6,770. Before him are Étienne Jodelle (1532), Claude Pouillet (1790), Jean Rollin (1938), Louis, Duke of Guyenne (1397), Victor Loret (1859), and René Daumal (1908). After him are Tristan Bernard (1866), Léon Gaumont (1864), Georges Vacher de Lapouge (1854), René de Saussure (1868), Olivier Blanchard (1948), and John II, Count of Nevers (1415).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Georges Franju ranks 89. Before him are Georges Lautner (1926), Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1932), Albert Lamorisse (1922), Michel Hazanavicius (1967), Robert Enrico (1931), and Jean Rollin (1938). After him are Michel Deville (1931), Jean-Pierre Mocky (1933), Bruno Nuytten (1945), Gérard Krawczyk (1953), Claude Pinoteau (1925), and Pierre Granier-Deferre (1927).

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