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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurent Cantet has received more than 116,455 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.

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  • 28

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  • 5.40

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  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Laurent Cantet ranks 1,162 out of 2,041Before 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 286Before 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. Among people deceased in 2024, Laurent Cantet ranks 311Before him are Peter Schickele, Liang Guanglie, Yamini Krishnamurthy, Ray Reardon, Duane Eddy, and Josef Jelínek. After him are Mark Damon, James Darren, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Michael Ruse, Karin Baal, and Helen Gallagher.

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In France

Among people born in France, Laurent Cantet ranks 4,624 out of 6,770Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Laurent Cantet ranks 135Before 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).