FILM DIRECTOR

Krzysztof Zanussi

1939 - Today

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Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Krzysztof Zanussi has received more than 203,084 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 33 in 2019). Krzysztof Zanussi is the 308th most popular film director (down from 274th in 2019), the 352nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 303rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Polish Film Director.

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  • 200k

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  • 57.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Krzysztof Zanussi ranks 308 out of 2,041. Before him are Satoshi Kon, Raúl Ruiz, John Boorman, Philippe de Broca, Jim Henson, and Paul Schrader. After him are Gaspar Noé, Tengiz Abuladze, Eldar Ryazanov, Frank Borzage, Jiří Trnka, and Robert Frank.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Krzysztof Zanussi ranks 103. Before him are Bernard Kouchner, Yaphet Kotto, Cynthia Lennon, Kathryn Joosten, Michael Moorcock, and Lee Majors. After him are Alexandros Panagoulis, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, Velibor Vasović, Barbara Liskov, Dusty Springfield, and Salomé.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Krzysztof Zanussi ranks 352 out of 1,694. Before him are Janusz Korwin-Mikke (1942), Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (1286), Muazzez Sultan (1628), Richard Pipes (1923), Werner Naumann (1909), and Anna Catherine Constance Vasa (1619). After him are Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885), Maximilian von Prittwitz (1848), Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (1886), Alfred Korzybski (1879), Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria (1457), and Józef Elsner (1769).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Poland

Among film directors born in Poland, Krzysztof Zanussi ranks 12. Before him are Jerzy Grotowski (1933), Jerzy Skolimowski (1938), Agnieszka Holland (1948), Robert Wiene (1873), Jean Epstein (1897), and Jerzy Stuhr (1947). After him are Walerian Borowczyk (1923), Jerzy Hoffman (1932), Paweł Pawlikowski (1957), Andrzej Munk (1921), Wojciech Has (1925), and Rudolph Maté (1898).

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Filmography

Illumination
Director
Krzysztof Zanussi's groundbreaking film chronicles a decade in the life of a young physics student whose absolute faith in the primacy of rationality and science is shaken by tragedy and affairs of the heart.
Sep 29o 19736.962 / 10
The Structure of Crystal
Director
Two friends who used to study physics together are forced to make tough decisions as their lives take different paths.
Oct 14o 19697 / 10
Camouflage
Director
A moral conflict between a young assistant and an associate professor arises during a university linguistics camp.
Jan 28o 19776.7 / 10