1932 - 1995
Louis Marie Malle (French: [lwi mal]; 30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. Described as "eclectic" and "a filmmaker difficult to pin down", Malle made documentaries, romances, period dramas, and thrillers. He often depicted provocative or controversial subject matter.Malle's most famous works include the crime thriller Elevator to the Gallows (1958), the romantic drama The Lovers (1958), the World War II drama Lacombe, Lucien (1974), the period drama Pretty Baby (1978), the romantic crime film Atlantic City (1980), the dramedy My Dinner with Andre (1981), and the autobiographical Au revoir les enfants (1987). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Malle has received more than 2,186,006 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Malle is the 110th most popular film director (down from 93rd in 2019), the 779th most popular biography from France (down from 677th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Film Director.
Louis Malle is most famous for being a French filmmaker who directed the movie "Zazie dans le metro" (1960).
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Among film directors, Louis Malle ranks 110 out of 1,581. Before him are Jean-Pierre Melville, Robert Altman, Manoel de Oliveira, Victor Fleming, Jules Dassin, and Wes Craven. After him are George Cukor, David Fincher, Elia Kazan, Peter Jackson, Erich von Stroheim, and Jerzy Grotowski.
1917 - 1973
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 104
1925 - 2006
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 105
1908 - 2015
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 106
1889 - 1949
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 107
1911 - 2008
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 108
1939 - 2015
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 109
1932 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 110
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 111
1962 - Present
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 112
1909 - 2003
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 113
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 114
1885 - 1957
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 115
1933 - 1999
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 116
Among people born in 1932, Louis Malle ranks 42. Before him are Jean-Pierre Cassel, Vladimir Ivashko, Valentino, Houari Boumédiène, Robert Mundell, and Roy Scheider. After him are Ryszard Kapuściński, John Searle, Vytautas Landsbergis, Oliver E. Williamson, Stéphane Audran, and Little Richard. Among people deceased in 1995, Louis Malle ranks 22. Before him are Alec Douglas-Home, Jonas Salk, Donald Pleasence, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Teresa Teng, and Edward Bernays. After him are Patricia Highsmith, Hannes Alfvén, Fred Perry, Lana Turner, Maurizio Gucci, and Ginger Rogers.
1932 - 2007
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 36
1932 - 1994
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 37
1932 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 38
1932 - 1978
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 39
1932 - 2021
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 40
1932 - 2008
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 41
1932 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 42
1932 - 2007
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 43
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 44
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 45
1932 - 2020
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 46
1932 - 2018
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 47
1932 - 2020
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 48
1903 - 1995
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 16
1914 - 1995
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 17
1919 - 1995
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 18
1910 - 1995
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 19
1953 - 1995
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 20
1891 - 1995
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 21
1932 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 22
1921 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 23
1908 - 1995
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 24
1909 - 1995
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 25
1921 - 1995
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 26
1948 - 1995
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 27
1911 - 1995
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 28
Among people born in France, Louis Malle ranks 779 out of 6,011. Before him are Françoise Dorléac (1942), Paul Doumer (1857), Louis the Blind (880), Raymond Queneau (1903), Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754), and Robert of Molesme (1024). After him are Oenomaus (-105), Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), Richard I of Normandy (933), Paul Vidal de La Blache (1845), Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), and Vincent Cassel (1966).
1942 - 1967
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 773
1857 - 1932
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 774
880 - 928
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 775
1903 - 1976
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 776
1754 - 1793
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 777
1024 - 1111
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 778
1932 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 779
105 BC - 70 BC
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 780
1339 - 1384
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 781
933 - 996
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 782
1845 - 1918
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 783
1741 - 1788
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 784
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 785
Among film directors born in France, Louis Malle ranks 16. Before him are Luc Besson (1959), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Robert Bresson (1901), Alain Resnais (1922), René Clair (1898), and Jean-Pierre Melville (1917). After him are Marcel Carné (1906), René Clément (1913), Claude Lelouch (1937), Jacques Demy (1931), Abel Gance (1889), and Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953).
1959 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 10
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 11
1901 - 1999
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 12
1922 - 2014
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 13
1898 - 1981
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 14
1917 - 1973
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 15
1932 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 16
1906 - 1996
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 17
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 18
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 19
1931 - 1990
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 20
1889 - 1981
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 21
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 22