FILM DIRECTOR

Laurent Cantet

1961 - 2024

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Laurent Cantet ([lɔʁɑ̃ kɑ̃tɛ]; 11 April 1961 – 25 April 2024) was a French director, cinematographer and screenwriter. His film Entre les murs (The Class) won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Laurent Cantet is the 1,266th most popular film director (down from 1,164th in 2024), the 4,854th most popular biography from France (down from 4,624th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Laurent Cantet ranks 1,266 out of 2,041. Before him are Priit Pärn, Kazimierz Kutz, Erik Ode, David Twohy, Agustí Villaronga, and Li Han-hsiang. After him are Alexander Drankov, S. Shankar, Yōjirō Takita, Luis Alcoriza, Ali Hatami, and James Algar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Laurent Cantet ranks 352. Before him are Hiro Matsushita, Doc Rivers, Bam Bam Bigelow, Anri, Yuri Milner, and Jon Secada. After him are Samantha Bond, Yelena Davydova, Kim Deal, Bill Camp, Jonathan Coe, and Zlatko Saračević. Among people deceased in 2024, Laurent Cantet ranks 417. Before him are Ilke Wyludda, Gordon Bell, Martin Mull, Bob Love, Chita Rivera, and Timothy West. After him are Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Benji Gregory, Klaus Wunder, Dickey Betts, Miho Nakayama, and Manfred Wolke.

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In France

Among people born in France, Laurent Cantet ranks 4,854 out of 6,770. Before him are Robert Siatka (1934), Philippe Boisse (1955), Louis Bach (1883), Jacques Cariou (1870), Émile Wegelin (1875), and Jérôme Le Banner (1972). After him are Ernest Esclangon (1876), Thierry Omeyer (1976), Georges Gandil (1926), Jean-Jacques Schuhl (1941), Patrick Chesnais (1947), and Olivier Rolin (1947).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Laurent Cantet ranks 143. Before him are Marc Caro (1956), Alain Jessua (1932), Alain Guiraudie (1964), Gilles Grangier (1911), George Fitzmaurice (1885), and Jacques Rouffio (1928). After him are Christian de Chalonge (1937), Arnaud Desplechin (1960), Pierre Morel (1964), Céline Sciamma (1978), Bertrand Bonello (1968), and Diane Kurys (1948).

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