FILM DIRECTOR

Laurent Cantet

1961 - Today

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Laurent Cantet ([lɔʁɑ̃ kɑ̃tɛ]; born 11 April 1961) is a French director, cinematographer and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurent Cantet has received more than 92,826 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Laurent Cantet is the 1,162nd most popular film director (up from 1,231st in 2019), the 4,624th most popular biography from France (down from 4,462nd in 2019) and the 135th most popular French Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 93k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Laurent Cantets by language

Over the past year Laurent Cantet has had the most page views in the with 17,003 views, followed by English (8,561), and Spanish (2,995). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Haitian (294.70%), Esperanto (58.82%), and Finnish (41.19%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Laurent Cantet ranks 1,162 out of 2,041. Before him are Georg Jacoby, Arnaud Desplechin, Li Han-hsiang, Leonid Trauberg, Abderrahmane Sissako, and David R. Ellis. After him are Liviu Ciulei, Fridrikh Ermler, Marc Caro, Vytautas Žalakevičius, Stefan Ruzowitzky, and Aleksandr Adabashyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Laurent Cantet ranks 286. Before him are Eric van de Poele, Riad al-Asaad, Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo, Yuri Milner, Jon Ola Sand, and Abderrahmane Sissako. After him are Stefan Ruzowitzky, Kai-Fu Lee, Latifa, Lauren Lane, Manuel Estiarte, and Hany Abu-Assad.

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In France

Among people born in France, Laurent Cantet ranks 4,624 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen (1814), Étienne Pierre Ventenat (1757), Jean Collas (1874), Rita Renoir (1934), Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie (1840), and Zazie (1964). After him are Arnulf of Chocques (null), Jacques Laurent (1919), Marc Caro (1956), Jean Clair (1940), Sarah Biasini (1977), and Jules Berry (1883).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Laurent Cantet ranks 135. Before him are Jean Dréville (1906), Francis Girod (1944), Maurice Cloche (1907), Rachid Bouchareb (1953), Robert Guédiguian (1953), and Arnaud Desplechin (1960). After him are Marc Caro (1956), Denys de La Patellière (1921), Christian de Chalonge (1937), George Fitzmaurice (1885), Gilles Grangier (1911), and Cédric Klapisch (1961).

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Filmography

The Workshop
Director
Antoine has agreed to follow a writing workshop where some young people in insertion must write a black novel with the help of Olivia, a recognized novelist. The work of writing will bring to life the working-class past of the city. Its shipyard is closed for 25 years, a nostalgia that does not interest Antoine, influenced by the anxiety of the present world
Oct 11o 20175.933 / 10
The Class
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Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
Sep 24o 20086.968 / 10
7 Days in Havana
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A young American boy is trying to break into the acting business, and goes to Cuba during a film festival.
Apr 5o 20125.777 / 10