FILM DIRECTOR

Jean Girault

1924 - 1982

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Jean Girault (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒiʁo]; 9 May 1924 – 24 July 1982) was a French film director and screenwriter. From 1951 to 1960 he worked as a screenwriter, mainly for comedy films. He made his film debut as a director in 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Girault has received more than 70,690 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jean Girault is the 344th most popular film director (up from 385th in 2019), the 2,027th most popular biography from France (up from 2,134th in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Film Director.

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  • 24

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  • 4.99

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Page views of Jean Giraults by language

Over the past year Jean Girault has had the most page views in the with 45,333 views, followed by Russian (11,773), and English (10,403). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Haitian (90.41%), Esperanto (43.86%), and Persian (42.21%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jean Girault ranks 344 out of 2,041. Before him are Sofia Coppola, Tobe Hooper, Arthur Cohn, Henry King, Kira Muratova, and Ivan Reitman. After him are George Stevens, John Landis, Georgiy Daneliya, Stanley Donen, Ermanno Olmi, and Ray Harryhausen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Jean Girault ranks 106. Before him are Claude Sautet, Fess Parker, Torsten Wiesel, Danielle Mitterrand, Edward Cassidy, and Daniel arap Moi. After him are Katy Jurado, Stanley Donen, Rudolf Vrba, Rikidōzan, Dinah Washington, and Pat Hingle. Among people deceased in 1982, Jean Girault ranks 81. Before him are Leonid Kogan, Wifredo Lam, Werner Naumann, Roberto Calvi, King Vidor, and Henry King. After him are Djuna Barnes, Pavel Alexandrov, Valerio Zurlini, Bess Truman, Isa Miranda, and Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Girault ranks 2,027 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph Joubert (1754), Jan Asselijn (1610), Jean-Marie Loret (1918), Jacques Cathelineau (1759), François Furet (1927), and Maurice Duruflé (1902). After him are Louise de Coligny (1555), André Tardieu (1876), Jacques Thibaud (1880), Peter II of Courtenay (1155), Maurice de Broglie (1875), and Renée Simonot (1911).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jean Girault ranks 41. Before him are Just Jaeckin (1940), Philippe de Broca (1933), Francis Veber (1937), William Kennedy Dickson (1860), Jean Rouch (1917), and Claude Sautet (1924). After him are Guy Hamilton (1922), François Ozon (1967), Jacques Audiard (1952), Jacques Doillon (1944), Leos Carax (1960), and Alexandre Astruc (1923).

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Filmography

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Director
The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.
Sep 8o 19647 / 10
The Cabbage Soup
Director
Two buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.
Dec 2o 19816.367 / 10
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Director
The bungling inspector Cruchot finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people, besides their constant thirst for oil-products, is that they sound like empty garbage cans when you touch them. Chaos is ahead.
Jan 31o 19796.094 / 10