1938 - 1979
Larisa Yefimovna Shepitko (Russian: Лари́са Ефи́мовна Шепи́тько, Ukrainian: Лариса Юхимівна Шепітько, romanized: Larysa Yukhymivna Shepitko; 6 January 1938 – 2 July 1979) was a Ukrainian Soviet film director, screenwriter and actress. She is considered one of the best female directors of all time, with her film The Ascent being the second film directed by a woman to win a Golden Bear and the third film directed by a woman to win a top award at a major European film festival (Cannes, Venice, Berlin).Shepitko was also considered one of the most prominent Soviet filmmakers during both the Khrushchev Thaw and the Era of Stagnation. The Khrushchev Thaw was a direct response to the limitations that were forced upon Soviet citizens during Stalin's reign, and essentially marked the inception of an innovative return to the cinematic arts. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Larisa Shepitko has received more than 245,424 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Larisa Shepitko is the 418th most popular film director (up from 498th in 2019), the 297th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 330th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Ukrainian Film Director.
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Among film directors, Larisa Shepitko ranks 418 out of 1,581. Before her are Alain Tanner, Bertrand Blier, Claire Denis, Albert Lamorisse, Delmer Daves, and Douglas Trumbull. After her are Héctor Babenco, Richard Thorpe, Hiroshi Inagaki, Wolfgang Reitherman, Georges Lautner, and Alberto Lattuada.
1929 - 2022
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 412
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 413
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 414
1922 - 1970
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 415
1904 - 1977
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 416
1942 - 2022
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 417
1938 - 1979
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 418
1946 - 2016
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 419
1896 - 1991
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 420
1905 - 1980
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 421
1909 - 1985
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 422
1926 - 2013
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 423
1914 - 2005
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 424
Among people born in 1938, Larisa Shepitko ranks 160. Before her are Bernadette Lafont, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Patrick Bauchau, Benjamin Mkapa, and Paul Martin. After her are Vasyl Stus, Ahmed Qurei, Klaus Voormann, William B. Davis, Arsen Dedić, and Ronny Cox. Among people deceased in 1979, Larisa Shepitko ranks 80. Before her are Nereo Rocco, Jayaprakash Narayan, Yvonne de Gaulle, Barbara Hutton, Joseph Kessel, and Darryl F. Zanuck. After her are Carlo Abarth, Ahmad Zahir, Dolores Costello, Victoria Ocampo, Wilfred Bion, and Waldemar de Brito.
1938 - 2013
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 154
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 155
1938 - 2023
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 156
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 157
1938 - 2020
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 158
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 159
1938 - 1979
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 160
1938 - 1985
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 161
1938 - 2023
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 162
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 163
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 164
1938 - 2015
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 165
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 166
1912 - 1979
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 74
1902 - 1979
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 75
1900 - 1979
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 76
1912 - 1979
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 77
1898 - 1979
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 78
1902 - 1979
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 79
1938 - 1979
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 80
1908 - 1979
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 81
1946 - 1979
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 82
1903 - 1979
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 83
1890 - 1979
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 84
1897 - 1979
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 85
1913 - 1979
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 86
Among people born in Ukraine, Larisa Shepitko ranks 297 out of 1,083. Before her are Borys Paton (1918), Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864), Tadeusz Borowski (1922), Salo Flohr (1908), Efim Geller (1925), and Rostislav I of Kiev (1110). After her are Vasyl Stus (1938), Alexander Georg von Bunge (1803), Zbigniew Herbert (1924), Sergey Kamenev (1881), Hilarion of Kiev (990), and Mark Taimanov (1926).
1918 - 2020
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 291
1864 - 1913
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 292
1922 - 1951
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 293
1908 - 1983
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 294
1925 - 1998
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 295
1110 - 1167
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 296
1938 - 1979
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 297
1938 - 1985
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 298
1803 - 1890
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 299
1924 - 1998
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 300
1881 - 1936
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 301
990 - 1055
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 302
1926 - 2016
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 303
Among film directors born in Ukraine, Larisa Shepitko ranks 8. Before her are Sergei Bondarchuk (1920), Alexander Dovzhenko (1894), Otto Preminger (1905), Anatole Litvak (1902), Maya Deren (1917), and Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1922). After her are Richard Boleslawski (1889), Grigori Kozintsev (1905), Aleksei Kapler (1904), Grigory Chukhray (1921), Aleksandr Ptushko (1900), and Roman Karmen (1906).
1920 - 1994
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 2
1894 - 1956
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 3
1905 - 1986
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 4
1902 - 1974
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 5
1917 - 1961
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 6
1922 - 2007
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 7
1938 - 1979
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 8
1889 - 1937
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 9
1905 - 1973
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 10
1904 - 1979
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 11
1921 - 2001
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 12
1900 - 1973
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 13
1906 - 1978
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 14