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FILM DIRECTOR

Leos Carax

1960 - Today

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Alex Christophe Dupont (born 22 November 1960), best known as Leos Carax (French: [leɔs kaʁaks]), is a French film director, critic and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His first major work was Boy Meets Girl (1984), and his notable works include Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991), Holy Motors (2012) and Annette (2021). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leos Carax has received more than 747,493 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Leos Carax is the 296th most popular film director (up from 502nd in 2019), the 1,760th most popular biography from France (up from 2,632nd in 2019) and the 38th most popular French Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Leos Carax ranks 296 out of 1,581Before him are Yuen Woo-ping, Garry Marshall, Richard Brooks, Mike Nichols, Béla Tarr, and M. Night Shyamalan. After him are Carol Reed, Ermanno Olmi, Tsui Hark, Henry King, John Landis, and Jim Henson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Leos Carax ranks 58Before him are Neil Gaiman, Jean-Michel Basquiat, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Khaled, Steve Vai, and Hirohiko Araki. After him are Gjorge Ivanov, Gary Lineker, John Galliano, Rafael Benítez, Brian Cowen, and Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran.

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In France

Among people born in France, Leos Carax ranks 1,760 out of 6,011Before him are Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608), Princess Elisabeth of Savoy (1800), Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (1508), Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772), Bernard Courtois (1777), and Louise de Coligny (1555). After him are Paul Pelliot (1878), Charles Huntziger (1880), Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon (1844), Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758), Cabu (1938), and Henri Delaunay (1883).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Leos Carax ranks 38Before him are Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946), Patrice Chéreau (1944), Jean Rouch (1917), Jacques Becker (1906), William Kennedy Dickson (1860), and Germaine Dulac (1882). After him are Philippe de Broca (1933), Claude Sautet (1924), Francis Veber (1937), François Ozon (1967), Guy Hamilton (1922), and Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946).

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