FILM DIRECTOR

Jean Vigo

1905 - 1934

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Jean Vigo (French: [vigo]; 26 April 1905 – 5 October 1934) was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Vigo has received more than 299,422 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Jean Vigo is the 185th most popular film director (down from 157th in 2019), the 1,224th most popular biography from France (down from 1,039th in 2019) and the 26th most popular French Film Director.

Jean Vigo was a French film director and screenwriter. He is most famous for his films "Zéro de Conduite" and "L'Atalante."

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  • 61.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jean Vigo ranks 185 out of 2,041. Before him are Don Siegel, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Francesco Rosi, Blake Edwards, Theo van Gogh, and Kathryn Bigelow. After him are Jean Negulesco, Miklós Jancsó, Henry Hathaway, Dino Risi, Marco Bellocchio, and Chris Columbus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Jean Vigo ranks 46. Before him are Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, Pierre Gemayel, Fred Trump, Severo Ochoa, Takashi Shimura, and Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark. After him are Lale Andersen, Prince John of the United Kingdom, Emmanuel Mounier, Nevill Francis Mott, Ivan Serov, and Daniil Kharms. Among people deceased in 1934, Jean Vigo ranks 30. Before him are Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Alice Liddell, Vlado Chernozemski, Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Nicholas Marr, and Carl von Linde. After him are Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Siegbert Tarrasch, Andrei Bely, Franz Ehrle, Hayim Nahman Bialik, and Jakob Wassermann.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Vigo ranks 1,224 out of 6,770. Before him are Franck Ribéry (1983), Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Sonia Rykiel (1930), André Antoine (1858), Madeleine de Scudéry (1607), and Philippe Troussier (1955). After him are Camille Jordan (1838), Charles, Duke of Berry (1686), Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (1543), Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (1847), Blanche Monnier (1849), and Guillaume Brune (1763).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jean Vigo ranks 26. Before him are Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Alice Guy-Blaché (1873), Louis Malle (1932), Abel Gance (1889), and Jacques Rivette (1928). After him are Claude Lanzmann (1925), Chris Marker (1921), Jacques Becker (1906), Bertrand Tavernier (1941), Patrice Chéreau (1944), and Frank Darabont (1959).

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Filmography

L'Atalante
Director
Capricious small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, and she comes to live aboard his boat, L'Atalante. As they make their way down the Seine, Jean grows weary of Juliette's flirtations with his all-male crew, and Juliette longs to escape the monotony of the boat and experience the excitement of a big city. When she steals away to Paris by herself, her husband begins to think their marriage was a mistake.
Apr 24o 19347.484 / 10
Zero for Conduct
Director
In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.
Apr 7o 19336.9 / 10
À propos de Nice
Director
What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Côte d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.
May 28o 19306.866 / 10