FILM DIRECTOR

José Luis Cuerda

1947 - 2020

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José Luis Cuerda Martínez (18 February 1947 – 4 February 2020) was a Spanish filmmaker. He is nationally recognised and considered to be amongst the greatest and most influential Spanish directors of all time, having made such critically successful and culturally significant films as The Enchanted Forest (1987), Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing (1989) and Butterfly's Tongue (1999). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Luis Cuerda has received more than 72,819 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). José Luis Cuerda is the 1,245th most popular film director (down from 1,191st in 2019), the 1,721st most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,576th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Spanish Film Director.

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  • 73k

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  • 45.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, José Luis Cuerda ranks 1,245 out of 2,041. Before him are Antonio Mercero, Colin Higgins, Lorenza Mazzetti, Sergey Urusevsky, Cédric Klapisch, and Shinichirō Watanabe. After him are Mario Mattoli, Eric Kripke, Paweł Edelman, Gaston Kaboré, Kwak Jae-yong, and Jacques Rouffio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, José Luis Cuerda ranks 603. Before him are Blagoje Paunović, David Rigert, Ephraïm Inoni, Abdulhashim Mutalov, Richard Palmer-James, and Ryo Kawasaki. After him are Gennadiy Seleznyov, Gregory Chaitin, Thomas Christopher Collins, Richard Overy, René Desaeyere, and Olivier Rolin. Among people deceased in 2020, José Luis Cuerda ranks 525. Before him are Vladimir Andreyev, Lorenza Mazzetti, Vladislav Krapivin, Ignacio Trelles, Ryo Kawasaki, and Jasraj. After him are Tommy Docherty, Irina Kirichenko, Laisenia Qarase, Albert Salvadó, Biri Biri, and Nicette Bruno.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Luis Cuerda ranks 1,721 out of 3,355. Before him are Fernando Quiroga Palacios (1900), Álvaro Odriozola (1995), Antonio Mercero (1936), Javier de Burgos (1778), Koldo (1970), and Tomatito (1958). After him are Fidel Uriarte (1945), Juan Bernat (1993), Ander Herrera (1989), Sete Gibernau (1972), Abel Resino (1960), and Txetxu Rojo (1947).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Spain

Among film directors born in Spain, José Luis Cuerda ranks 26. Before him are Agustí Villaronga (1953), Luis Alcoriza (1918), Jaume Collet-Serra (1974), Pilar Miró (1940), Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi (1927), and Antonio Mercero (1936). After him are Jaume Balagueró (1968), Rafael Gil (1913), Javier Aguirresarobe (1948), Pablo Berger (1963), Montxo Armendáriz (1949), and Albert Serra (1975).

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