1960 - Today
Jafar Panâhi (Persian: جعفر پناهی, [d͡ʒæˈfæɾ pæˈnɒːhiː]; born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly associated with the Iranian New Wave film movement. After several years of making short films and working as an assistant director for fellow Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, Panahi achieved international recognition with his feature film debut, The White Balloon (1995). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jafar Panahi has received more than 744,169 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Jafar Panahi is the 437th most popular film director (up from 462nd in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Iran (down from 208th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Film Director.
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Among film directors, Jafar Panahi ranks 437 out of 1,581. Before him are Alexander Sokurov, Curtis Hanson, Edward Yang, Jacques Doillon, Yoshiyuki Tomino, and Valerio Zurlini. After him are Robert Rossen, Luis García Berlanga, Segundo de Chomón, René Laloux, J. Lee Thompson, and Assi Dayan.
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 431
1945 - 2016
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 432
1947 - 2007
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 433
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 434
1941 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 435
1926 - 1982
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 436
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 437
1908 - 1966
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 438
1921 - 2010
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 439
1871 - 1929
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 440
1929 - 2004
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 441
1914 - 2002
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 442
1945 - 2014
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 443
Among people born in 1960, Jafar Panahi ranks 93. Before him are Damon Wayans, Yannick Noah, Jonas Gahr Støre, Walter Zenga, Vince Clarke, and Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. After him are Takashi Miike, Temuera Morrison, Susanne Bier, Jennifer Rush, Laurent Fignon, and Stefano Casiraghi.
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 87
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 88
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 89
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 90
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 91
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 92
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 93
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 94
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 95
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 96
1960 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 97
1960 - 2010
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 98
1960 - 1990
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 99
Among people born in Iran, Jafar Panahi ranks 211 out of 528. Before him are Azarmidokht (null), Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281), Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125), Hossein Nasr (1933), Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906), and Nima Yooshij (1897). After him are Ibn Khuzayma (838), Gotarzes I (-200), Amir Kabir (1807), Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135), Ahmad Shamlou (1925), and Ibn al-Faqih (null).
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 205
1281 - 1349
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 206
1125 - 1201
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 207
1933 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 208
1906 - 1988
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 209
1897 - 1960
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 210
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 211
838 - 924
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 212
200 BC - 90 BC
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 213
1807 - 1852
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 214
1135 - 1213
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 215
1925 - 2000
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 216
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 217
Among film directors born in Iran, Jafar Panahi ranks 3. Before him are Abbas Kiarostami (1940) and Barbet Schroeder (1941). After him are Asghar Farhadi (1972), Shirin Neshat (1957), Majid Majidi (1959), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1957), Masoud Kimiai (1941), Dariush Mehrjui (1939), Bahman Ghobadi (1969), Hossein Shahabi (1967), and Samira Makhmalbaf (1980).
1940 - 2016
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 1
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 2
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 3
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 4
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 5
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 6
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 7
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 8
1939 - 2023
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 9
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 10
1967 - 2023
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 11
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.36
Rank: 12