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FILM DIRECTOR

Jean Rouch

1917 - 2004

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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

Among film directors, Jean Rouch ranks 272 out of 1,581Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Jean Rouch ranks 80Before 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 58Before 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.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Rouch ranks 1,655 out of 6,011Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jean Rouch ranks 34Before 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).

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