FILM DIRECTOR

Henri-Georges Clouzot

1907 - 1977

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Henri-Georges Clouzot (French: [ɑ̃ʁi ʒɔʁʒ kluzo]; 20 November 1907 – 12 January 1977) was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed The Wages of Fear (1953) and Les Diaboliques (1955), which are critically recognized as among the greatest films of the 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri-Georges Clouzot has received more than 381,524 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Henri-Georges Clouzot is the 142nd most popular film director (up from 158th in 2019), the 990th most popular biography from France (up from 1,046th in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Film Director.

Henri-Georges Clouzot is most famous for his film, "The Wages of Fear" (1953). The film is about four men who are hired to transport two trucks of nitroglycerin through treacherous terrain and over a mountain.

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Over the past year Henri-Georges Clouzot has had the most page views in the with 123,662 views, followed by English (50,444), and Russian (8,165). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (115.41%), Dutch (74.15%), and French (68.23%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Henri-Georges Clouzot ranks 142 out of 2,041. Before him are Lewis Milestone, Jacques Demy, Volker Schlöndorff, Moustapha Akkad, D. W. Griffith, and Michael Cimino. After him are Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Max Reinhardt, Alice Guy-Blaché, Jonathan Demme, and Frances Marion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Henri-Georges Clouzot ranks 50. Before him are Compay Segundo, Lê Duẩn, Varlam Shalamov, W. H. Auden, Solomon Asch, and Pujie. After him are Barbara Stanwyck, U Nu, Alexander R. Todd, Zarah Leander, Yoshiko Kawashima, and Alfonso, Prince of Asturias. Among people deceased in 1977, Henri-Georges Clouzot ranks 27. Before him are Clarice Lispector, Andreas Baader, Archibald Hill, Howard Hawks, Bing Crosby, and Alexander Luria. After him are Edgar Adrian, Peter Finch, Gudrun Ensslin, Groucho Marx, Sergey Ilyushin, and James Jones.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri-Georges Clouzot ranks 990 out of 6,770. Before him are Daniel Cohn-Bendit (1945), Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1486), Philippe Ariès (1914), Germaine of Foix (1488), Étienne Bézout (1730), and Augustin Robespierre (1763). After him are Laurent Blanc (1965), Henrietta Maria of France (1609), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Charles Nodier (1780), Jean Casimir-Perier (1847), and Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Henri-Georges Clouzot ranks 20. Before him are René Clair (1898), Marcel Carné (1906), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Claude Lelouch (1937), René Clément (1913), and Jacques Demy (1931). After him are Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Alice Guy-Blaché (1873), Louis Malle (1932), Abel Gance (1889), Jacques Rivette (1928), and Jean Vigo (1905).

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Filmography

Diabolique
Director
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
Jan 29o 19557.887 / 10
The Wages of Fear
Director
In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.
Apr 22o 19538.031 / 10