1938 - Today
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of István Szabó has received more than 259,544 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). István Szabó is the 135th most popular film director (up from 159th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 91st 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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Among film directors, István Szabó ranks 135 out of 1,581. Before him are John Woo, Mel Brooks, Moustapha Akkad, René Clément, Claude Lelouch, and D. W. Griffith. After him are Andrei Konchalovsky, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Kim Ki-duk, Josef von Sternberg, Joel Schumacher, and Lasse Hallström.
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 129
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 130
1930 - 2005
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 131
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 132
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 133
1875 - 1948
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 134
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 135
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 136
1874 - 1940
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 137
1960 - 2020
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 138
1894 - 1969
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 139
1939 - 2020
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 140
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 141
Among people born in 1938, István Szabó ranks 55. Before him are Raymond Carver, Brian Dennehy, Ian Stewart, Lynn Margulis, Tomas Lindahl, and César Luis Menotti. After him are Manuel Santana, Elliott Gould, Ayaz Mutallibov, Kurt Wüthrich, Ben E. King, and Derek Jacobi.
1938 - 1988
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 49
1938 - 2020
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 50
1938 - 1985
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 51
1938 - 2011
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 52
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 53
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 54
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 55
1938 - 2021
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 56
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 57
1938 - 2022
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 58
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 59
1938 - 2015
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 60
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 61
Among people born in Hungary, István Szabó ranks 83 out of 866. Before him are Zoltán Czibor (1929), Stephen III of Hungary (1147), Irene of Hungary (1088), Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917), Theodore von Kármán (1881), and Đurađ Branković (1377). After him are Stephen II of Hungary (1101), György Cziffra (1921), Margaret Mahler (1897), Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1831), Ladislaus II of Hungary (1131), and Georg von Békésy (1899).
1929 - 1997
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 77
1147 - 1172
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 78
1088 - 1134
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 79
1917 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 80
1881 - 1963
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 81
1377 - 1456
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 82
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 83
1101 - 1131
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 84
1921 - 1994
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 85
1897 - 1985
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 86
1831 - 1903
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 87
1131 - 1163
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 88
1899 - 1972
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 89
Among film directors born in Hungary, István Szabó ranks 2. Before him are Michael Curtiz (1886). After him are Miklós Jancsó (1921), Márta Mészáros (1931), Béla Tarr (1955), Adolph Zukor (1873), Ladislao Vajda (1906), Ildikó Enyedi (1955), Ján Kadár (1918), László Benedek (1905), Zoltán Fábri (1917), and Charles Vidor (1900).
1886 - 1962
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 1
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 2
1921 - 2014
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 3
1931 - Present
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 4
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 5
1873 - 1976
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 6
1906 - 1965
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 7
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 8
1918 - 1979
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 9
1905 - 1992
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 10
1917 - 1994
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 11
1900 - 1959
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 12