1917 - 2004
Jean Rouch (French: [ʁuʃ]; 31 May 1917 – 18 February 2004) was a French filmmaker and anthropologist. He is considered one of the founders of cinéma vérité in France. Rouch's practice as a filmmaker, for over 60 years in Africa, was characterized by the idea of shared anthropology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Rouch has received more than 249,902 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Jean Rouch is the 272nd most popular film director (up from 295th in 2019), the 1,655th most popular biography from France (up from 1,763rd in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Film Director.
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Among film directors, Jean Rouch ranks 272 out of 1,581. Before him are Patrice Chéreau, Henri Verneuil, Damiano Damiani, Tobe Hooper, George Roy Hill, and Henry Hathaway. After him are Leo McCarey, Krzysztof Zanussi, Gabriel Axel, Dušan Makavejev, Jacques Becker, and Frank Lloyd.
1944 - 2013
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 266
1920 - 2002
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 267
1922 - 2013
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 268
1943 - 2017
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 269
1921 - 2002
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 270
1898 - 1985
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 271
1917 - 2004
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 272
1898 - 1969
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 273
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 274
1918 - 2014
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 275
1932 - 2019
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 276
1906 - 1960
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 277
1886 - 1960
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 278
Among people born in 1917, Jean Rouch ranks 80. Before him are Robert Bloch, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Yevgeny Khaldei, Will Eisner, Hirokazu Ninomiya, and Obdulio Varela. After him are Pedro Infante, Harold Garfinkel, Buddy Rich, Alparslan Türkeş, Zhang Chunqiao, and Asmahan. Among people deceased in 2004, Jean Rouch ranks 58. Before him are Ko Yong-hui, Richard Avedon, Johnny Ramone, Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Raymond Goethals, and Serge Reggiani. After him are Lennart Bernadotte, Harold Shipman, Nikolai Chernykh, Nino Manfredi, Marika Rökk, and Charles Sweeney.
1917 - 1994
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 74
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 75
1917 - 1997
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 76
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 77
1917 - 2000
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 78
1917 - 1996
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 79
1917 - 2004
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 80
1917 - 1957
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 81
1917 - 2011
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 82
1917 - 1987
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 83
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 84
1917 - 2005
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 85
1917 - 1944
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 86
1952 - 2004
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 52
1923 - 2004
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 53
1948 - 2004
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 54
1952 - 2004
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 55
1921 - 2004
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 56
1922 - 2004
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 57
1917 - 2004
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 58
1909 - 2004
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 59
1946 - 2004
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 60
1931 - 2004
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 61
1921 - 2004
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 62
1913 - 2004
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 63
1919 - 2004
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 64
Among people born in France, Jean Rouch ranks 1,655 out of 6,011. Before him are Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (1806), René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643), Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville (1803), Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), Louis, Prince of Condé (1668), and Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932). After him are Jean Chardin (1643), Fulcher of Chartres (1059), Raymond Domenech (1952), Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811), Édouard Roche (1820), and Joan, Countess of Flanders (1200).
1806 - 1882
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,649
1643 - 1687
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,650
1803 - 1847
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,651
1929 - 2023
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,652
1668 - 1710
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 1,653
1932 - 2022
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,654
1917 - 2004
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,655
1643 - 1713
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 1,656
1059 - 1127
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 1,657
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 1,658
1811 - 1899
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 1,659
1820 - 1883
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 1,660
1200 - 1244
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 1,661
Among film directors born in France, Jean Rouch ranks 34. Before him are Bertrand Tavernier (1941), Frank Darabont (1959), Chris Marker (1921), Julien Duvivier (1896), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946), and Patrice Chéreau (1944). After him are Jacques Becker (1906), William Kennedy Dickson (1860), Germaine Dulac (1882), Leos Carax (1960), Philippe de Broca (1933), and Claude Sautet (1924).
1941 - 2021
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 28
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 29
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 30
1896 - 1967
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 31
1946 - 2022
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 32
1944 - 2013
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 33
1917 - 2004
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 34
1906 - 1960
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 35
1860 - 1935
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 36
1882 - 1942
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 37
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 38
1933 - 2004
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 39
1924 - 2000
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 40