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FILM DIRECTOR

Giuseppe De Santis

1917 - 1997

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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

Among film directors, Giuseppe De Santis ranks 313 out of 1,581Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Giuseppe De Santis ranks 91Before 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 75Before 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.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe De Santis ranks 1,681 out of 4,668Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Giuseppe De Santis ranks 29Before 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).

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