FILM DIRECTOR

István Szabó

1938 - Today

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István Szabó (Hungarian: [ˈsɒboː ˈiʃtvaːn]; born 18 February 1938) is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director. Szabó is one of the most notable Hungarian filmmakers and one who has been best known outside the Hungarian-speaking world since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European auteurism, he has made films that represent many of the political and psychological conflicts of Central Europe's recent history, as well as of his own personal history. He made his first short film in 1959 as a student at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, and his first feature film in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of István Szabó has received more than 289,166 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 35 in 2019). István Szabó is the 169th most popular film director (down from 135th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Film Director.

István Szabó is most famous for his novel "Kaddish for a Child Not Born" which tells the story of a Jewish family in Hungary during the Holocaust.

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, István Szabó ranks 169 out of 2,041. Before him are Josef von Sternberg, Bille August, Jan Švankmajer, Masaki Kobayashi, Joel Schumacher, and Abel Gance. After him are Max Ophüls, Guillermo del Toro, Roy Andersson, Genndy Tartakovsky, Nagisa Oshima, and Jacques Rivette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, István Szabó ranks 60. Before him are Issey Miyake, Lynn Margulis, Oliver Reed, Joyce Carol Oates, Brian Dennehy, and Marcello Gandini. After him are Dean Reed, Bounnhang Vorachith, Ed Lauter, Jerry West, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Leiji Matsumoto.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, István Szabó ranks 104 out of 1,077. Before him are János Áder (1959), József Mindszenty (1892), Ágnes Heller (1929), John Corvinus (1473), Margaret Mahler (1897), and Stephen IV of Hungary (1133). After him are Pál Teleki (1879), Cornel Wilde (1912), Pál Schmitt (1942), Saint Margaret of Scotland (1045), Döme Sztójay (1883), and George Pólya (1887).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Hungary

Among film directors born in Hungary, István Szabó ranks 2. Before him are Michael Curtiz (1886). After him are Miklós Jancsó (1921), Béla Tarr (1955), Márta Mészáros (1931), Adolph Zukor (1873), Ladislao Vajda (1906), László Benedek (1905), Ildikó Enyedi (1955), Zoltán Fábri (1917), Ján Kadár (1918), and Charles Vidor (1900).

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