1917 - 1997
Giuseppe De Santis (11 February 1917 – 16 May 1997) was an Italian film director. One of the most idealistic neorealist filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, he wrote and directed films punctuated by ardent cries for social reform. He was the brother of Italian cinematographer Pasqualino De Santis. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giuseppe De Santis has received more than 81,503 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Giuseppe De Santis is the 313th most popular film director (up from 321st in 2019), the 1,681st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,716th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Italian Film Director.
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Among film directors, Giuseppe De Santis ranks 313 out of 1,581. Before him are Mikio Naruse, Thomas Vinterberg, Frank Borzage, Satoshi Kon, Sergiu Nicolaescu, and Jack L. Warner. After him are John Frankenheimer, Walter Lantz, Sam Mendes, Sven Nykvist, Paolo Sorrentino, and Menahem Golan.
1905 - 1969
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 307
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 308
1894 - 1962
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 309
1963 - 2010
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 310
1930 - 2013
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 311
1892 - 1978
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 312
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 313
1930 - 2002
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 314
1899 - 1994
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 315
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 316
1922 - 2006
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 317
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 318
1929 - 2014
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 319
Among people born in 1917, Giuseppe De Santis ranks 91. Before him are Zhang Chunqiao, Asmahan, Nikolai Ogarkov, Vera Lynn, Irving Penn, and Otto Kittel. After him are Vasily Petrov, Maurice Trintignant, Yigael Yadin, László Szabó, Erich Rudorffer, and Maya Deren. Among people deceased in 1997, Giuseppe De Santis ranks 75. Before him are Yevgeny Khaldei, Son Sen, George Wald, Mate Boban, Alparslan Türkeş, and Ernst Wilimowski. After him are Manfred von Ardenne, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Samuel Fuller, Gunpei Yokoi, Hastings Banda, and François Furet.
1917 - 2005
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 85
1917 - 1944
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 86
1917 - 1994
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 87
1917 - 2020
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 88
1917 - 2009
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 89
1917 - 1945
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 90
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 91
1917 - 2014
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 92
1917 - 2005
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 93
1917 - 1984
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 94
1917 - 1998
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 95
1917 - 2016
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 96
1917 - 1961
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 97
1917 - 1997
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 69
1930 - 1997
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 70
1906 - 1997
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 71
1940 - 1997
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 72
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 73
1916 - 1997
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 74
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 75
1907 - 1997
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 76
1901 - 1997
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 77
1912 - 1997
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 78
1941 - 1997
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 79
1898 - 1997
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 80
1927 - 1997
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 81
Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe De Santis ranks 1,681 out of 4,668. Before him are Mino Raiola (1967), Claudio Merulo (1533), Antipope Eulalius (310), Alessandro Nesta (1976), Angelo Schiavio (1905), and Clodia Pulchra (-94). After him are Francesco Solimena (1657), Anthony Maria Zaccaria (1502), Giulio Clovio (1498), Jacopo Sannazaro (1458), Virginia de' Medici (1568), and Adela of Flanders (1065).
1967 - 2022
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 1,675
1533 - 1604
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 1,676
310 - 423
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 1,677
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 1,678
1905 - 1990
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 1,679
94 BC - 45 BC
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 1,680
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 1,681
1657 - 1747
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 1,682
1502 - 1539
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 1,683
1498 - 1578
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 1,684
1458 - 1530
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 1,685
1568 - 1615
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 1,686
1065 - 1115
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 1,687
Among film directors born in Italy, Giuseppe De Santis ranks 29. Before him are Mario Monicelli (1915), Joe D'Amato (1936), Gillo Pontecorvo (1919), Damiano Damiani (1922), Ruggero Deodato (1939), and Ermanno Olmi (1931). After him are Paolo Sorrentino (1970), Marco Bellocchio (1939), Nanni Moretti (1953), Luigi Comencini (1916), Alberto Lattuada (1914), and Valerio Zurlini (1926).
1915 - 2010
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 23
1936 - 1999
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 24
1919 - 2006
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 25
1922 - 2013
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 26
1939 - 2022
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 27
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 28
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 29
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 30
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 31
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 32
1916 - 2007
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 33
1914 - 2005
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 34
1926 - 1982
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 35