FILM DIRECTOR

Lucio Fulci

1927 - 1996

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Lucio Fulci (Italian: [ˈluːtʃo ˈfultʃi]; 17 June 1927 – 13 March 1996) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Although he worked in a wide array of genres through a career spanning nearly five decades, including comedies and spaghetti Westerns, he garnered an international cult following for his giallo and horror films. His most notable films include the Gates of Hell trilogy — City of the Living Dead (1980), The Beyond (1981), and The House by the Cemetery (1981)—as well as Massacre Time (1966), One on Top of the Other (1969), Beatrice Cenci (1969), A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971), Don't Torture a Duckling (1972), White Fang (1973), Four of the Apocalypse (1975), Sette note in nero (1977), Zombi 2 (1979), Contraband (1980), The New York Ripper (1982), Murder Rock (1984), and A Cat in the Brain (1990). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucio Fulci has received more than 977,265 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Lucio Fulci is the 246th most popular film director (down from 231st in 2019), the 1,473rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,359th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Italian Film Director.

Lucio Fulci is most famous for his horror films, which he directed in the 1970s and 1980s.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lucio Fulci ranks 246 out of 2,041. Before him are Michael Moore, James Ivory, Yılmaz Güney, Bertrand Tavernier, Víctor Erice, and John Sturges. After him are Karel Zeman, G. W. Pabst, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Tsui Hark, Edward Dmytryk, and Patrice Chéreau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Lucio Fulci ranks 79. Before him are Narciso Yepes, Herbert Blomstedt, César Milstein, Steve Ditko, Kurt Masur, and George C. Scott. After him are Günter Guillaume, Wadie Haddad, Sabah, Alfredo Kraus, Margaret Keane, and Jupp Derwall. Among people deceased in 1996, Lucio Fulci ranks 57. Before him are George Davis Snell, Marianne Bachmeier, František Plánička, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Rafael Kubelík, and Frida Boccara. After him are Obdulio Varela, María Casares, Brigitte Helm, Helmut Schön, Hideo Sakai, and Hans Blumenberg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lucio Fulci ranks 1,473 out of 5,161. Before him are Anita Pallenberg (1942), Bianca Maria Visconti (1425), Eugenia of Rome (180), Ugolino della Gherardesca (1220), Primo Carnera (1906), and Veronica Giuliani (1660). After him are Philip I, Prince of Taranto (1278), Pietro Della Valle (1586), Maria Teresa of Savoy (1803), Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione (1837), Cecilia Gallerani (1473), and Benedict the Moor (1526).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Lucio Fulci ranks 28. Before him are Liliana Cavani (1933), Nanni Moretti (1953), Mario Monicelli (1915), Mario Bava (1914), Marco Ferreri (1928), and Ruggero Deodato (1939). After him are Damiano Damiani (1922), Ermanno Olmi (1931), Valerio Zurlini (1926), Giuseppe De Santis (1917), Paolo Sorrentino (1970), and Luigi Comencini (1916).

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