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FILM DIRECTOR

Giuseppe Tornatore

1956 - Today

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Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the directors who brought critical acclaim back to Italian cinema. In a career spanning over 30 years he is best known for directing and writing drama films such as Everybody's Fine, The Legend of 1900, Malèna, Baarìa and The Best Offer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giuseppe Tornatore has received more than 816,337 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Giuseppe Tornatore is the 184th most popular film director (down from 123rd in 2019), the 1,132nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 900th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Italian Film Director.

Giuseppe Tornatore is most famous for his 1988 film Cinema Paradiso. The film tells the story of a young boy who falls in love with the local movie theater and the projectionist who runs it.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Giuseppe Tornatore ranks 184 out of 1,581. Before him are G. W. Pabst, Guy Ritchie, Dino Risi, Danny Boyle, Alice Guy-Blaché, and Francesco Rosi. After him are James Ivory, Michael Cacoyannis, Ivan Reitman, Vincente Minnelli, Stanley Kramer, and Nicholas Ray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Giuseppe Tornatore ranks 29. Before him are Judith Butler, Martina Navratilova, Chris Isaak, Kim Cattrall, Imelda Staunton, and Danny Boyle. After him are Joe Satriani, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Geena Davis, Dalia Grybauskaitė, Marc Dutroux, and Leslie Cheung.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Tornatore ranks 1,132 out of 4,668. Before him are Giampiero Boniperti (1928), Marcomer (400), Archduke John of Austria (1782), Elsa Morante (1912), Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus (-600), and Francesco Rosi (1922). After him are Saint Maurus (512), Tina Modotti (1896), Romano Guardini (1885), Constantina (325), Giovanni Sartori (1924), and Giuseppe Castiglione (1688).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Giuseppe Tornatore ranks 18. Before him are Dario Argento (1940), Lina Wertmüller (1928), Ettore Scola (1931), Sergio Corbucci (1926), Dino Risi (1916), and Francesco Rosi (1922). After him are Liliana Cavani (1933), Mario Bava (1914), Marco Ferreri (1928), Lucio Fulci (1927), Mario Monicelli (1915), and Joe D'Amato (1936).

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Filmography

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