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FILM DIRECTOR

Jean-Pierre Melville

1917 - 1973

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Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [mɛlvil]), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual father of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Pierre Melville has received more than 758,581 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Jean-Pierre Melville is the 104th most popular film director (up from 119th in 2019), the 738th most popular biography from France (up from 831st in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Film Director.

Jean-Pierre Melville is most famous for his films, including Army of Shadows, Le Samourai, and Le Doulos.

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  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jean-Pierre Melville ranks 104 out of 1,581. Before him are Walter Hill, Peter Brook, Terrence Malick, Jim Jarmusch, Sidney Lumet, and Ang Lee. After him are Robert Altman, Manoel de Oliveira, Victor Fleming, Jules Dassin, Wes Craven, and Louis Malle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Jean-Pierre Melville ranks 25. Before him are Kenan Evren, Nur Muhammad Taraki, Otto Günsche, Louis Zamperini, Rochus Misch, and Óscar Romero. After him are Bourvil, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, James Rainwater, Sven Hassel, George Gaynes, and Ferdinand Marcos. Among people deceased in 1973, Jean-Pierre Melville ranks 36. Before him are Jacques Maritain, Selman Waksman, Hans Albert Einstein, Karl Ziegler, Charles Greeley Abbot, and Luis Carrero Blanco. After him are Walter Rudolf Hess, A. S. Neill, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Amílcar Cabral, Lex Barker, and Elsa Schiaparelli.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Pierre Melville ranks 738 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean-Henri Fabre (1823), Maurice Blanchot (1907), Célestin Freinet (1896), Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824), François Jacob (1920), and Thierry Mugler (1948). After him are Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703), Victor of Aveyron (1793), Joanna of Bourbon (1338), Anne of Foix-Candale (1484), Maurice Allais (1911), and Dora Maar (1907).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jean-Pierre Melville ranks 15. Before him are Claude Chabrol (1930), Luc Besson (1959), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Robert Bresson (1901), Alain Resnais (1922), and René Clair (1898). After him are Louis Malle (1932), Marcel Carné (1906), René Clément (1913), Claude Lelouch (1937), Jacques Demy (1931), and Abel Gance (1889).

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Filmography

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