FILM DIRECTOR

Georges Lautner

1926 - 2013

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Georges Lautner (French: [lotnɛʁ]; 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard. Lautner's ventures into other genres were less successful though the thriller Le Professionnel starring Jean-Paul Belmondo was a big commercial hit in France in 1981. He was born in Nice, the son of actress Renée Saint-Cyr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Lautner has received more than 101,344 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Georges Lautner is the 566th most popular film director (down from 422nd in 2019), the 3,058th most popular biography from France (down from 2,371st in 2019) and the 83rd most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Georges Lautner ranks 566 out of 2,041. Before him are King Hu, František Čáp, Thelma Schoonmaker, Sergei Yutkevich, Chris Menges, and Tonino Delli Colli. After him are Anthony Asquith, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Franco Rossi, Peter Stein, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, and Elmar Klos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Georges Lautner ranks 187. Before him are Mickey Hargitay, Frank Finlay, Johanna Quandt, Wolfgang Iser, Mahasweta Devi, and Anne McCaffrey. After him are Michael Bond, Richard Anderson, Ivica Horvat, André Delvaux, Genrich Altshuller, and Estanislao Esteban Karlic. Among people deceased in 2013, Georges Lautner ranks 180. Before him are Lau Kar-leung, Hjalmar Andersen, Wadih El Safi, Maria Tallchief, Angela Voigt, and Jerry Buss. After him are Aleksandr Serebrov, Michael Ansara, Carlo Lizzani, Jim Hall, Arik Einstein, and Juan José Linz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Lautner ranks 3,058 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Ozanam (1640), Odo de St Amand (1110), Édith Scob (1937), Christian Kramp (1760), Félix Gaillard (1919), and Édouard Le Roy (1870). After him are Vernon Dobtcheff (1934), Félix Bracquemond (1833), Pierre Poivre (1719), Jacques Tardi (1946), Riyad Mahrez (1991), and François-Auguste Biard (1799).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Georges Lautner ranks 83. Before him are Claude Autant-Lara (1901), Benoît Jacquot (1947), Ferdinand Zecca (1864), Alain Corneau (1943), Olivier Assayas (1955), and Marcel L'Herbier (1888). After him are Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1932), Albert Lamorisse (1922), Michel Hazanavicius (1967), Robert Enrico (1931), Jean Rollin (1938), and Georges Franju (1912).

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