FILM DIRECTOR

Jeannot Szwarc

1937 - 2025

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Jeannot Szwarc (21 November 1939 – 14 January 2025) was a French director known for his work in American film and television. His film credits included Jaws 2, Somewhere in Time, Supergirl and Santa Claus: The Movie. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeannot Szwarc has received more than 416,404 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jeannot Szwarc is the 868th most popular film director (down from 699th in 2019), the 4,000th most popular biography from France (down from 3,375th in 2019) and the 109th most popular French Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jeannot Szwarc ranks 868 out of 2,041. Before him are Yash Chopra, Shinobu Hashimoto, Eugeniusz Bodo, Wolfgang Becker, Kim Ki-young, and Eli Roth. After him are Charles Crichton, Michael Winner, Jack Clayton, Yevgeni Bauer, Esfir Shub, and Nicolas Winding Refn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jeannot Szwarc ranks 297. Before him are José Araquistáin, Jurek Becker, Mark Donohue, Anita Traversi, Glen A. Larson, and Pino Puglisi. After him are Irina Solovyova, Clodovil Hernandes, Sally Kellerman, Merle Haggard, Jennifer Welles, and Brian G. Marsden.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jeannot Szwarc ranks 4,000 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicolas de Fer (1646), Paul Déroulède (1846), Jacqueline de Romilly (1913), Jean-Louis de Rambures (1930), Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856), and Prosper-René Blondlot (1849). After him are Désirée Artôt (1835), Cecilia of Normandy (1056), Édouard Artigas (1906), Jehan Buhan (1912), Paul Le Guen (1964), and Jérôme Carcopino (1881).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jeannot Szwarc ranks 109. Before him are Claude Miller (1942), Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1932), Henri Decoin (1890), Raoul Coutard (1924), Raymond Bernard (1891), and Jean Becker (1933). After him are Jean Grémillon (1902), Régis Wargnier (1948), Gérard Pirès (1942), Yves Boisset (1939), Philippe Rousselot (1945), and Christophe Gans (1960).

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