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FILM DIRECTOR

Jacques Becker

1906 - 1960

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Jacques Becker (French: [bɛkɛʁ]; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French film director and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Becker has received more than 141,322 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Jacques Becker is the 277th most popular film director (down from 255th in 2019), the 1,682nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,540th in 2019) and the 35th most popular French Film Director.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jacques Becker ranks 277 out of 1,581. Before him are Henry Hathaway, Jean Rouch, Leo McCarey, Krzysztof Zanussi, Gabriel Axel, and Dušan Makavejev. After him are Frank Lloyd, Paul Schrader, Otar Iosseliani, Steven Soderbergh, Roger Corman, and Rouben Mamoulian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Jacques Becker ranks 87. Before him are Hans Aumeier, George Wald, Horst Schumann, Rezső Kasztner, Luis Federico Leloir, and Primo Carnera. After him are Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Heinrich Schwarz, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Carol Reed, Joaquín Balaguer, and Giuseppe Siri. Among people deceased in 1960, Jacques Becker ranks 44. Before him are Norodom Suramarit, Clara Haskil, Soghomon Tehlirian, A. L. Kroeber, Jussi Björling, and Otoya Yamaguchi. After him are Frank Lloyd, Inejiro Asanuma, Leonard Woolley, Yan Xishan, Paul Abraham, and Antonie Pannekoek.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Becker ranks 1,682 out of 6,011. Before him are Matilda of Boulogne (1103), Adhemar of Le Puy (1055), Natalia Pavlovna Paley (1905), Georges Delerue (1925), Christiane Martel (1936), and Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1674). After him are Felix of Valois (1127), Paul Abadie (1812), Émile Picard (1856), Henri Farman (1874), Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758), and Michel Verne (1861).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jacques Becker ranks 35. Before him are Frank Darabont (1959), Chris Marker (1921), Julien Duvivier (1896), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946), Patrice Chéreau (1944), and Jean Rouch (1917). After him are William Kennedy Dickson (1860), Germaine Dulac (1882), Leos Carax (1960), Philippe de Broca (1933), Claude Sautet (1924), and Francis Veber (1937).

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Filmography

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