FILM DIRECTOR

Luigi Comencini

1916 - 2007

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Luigi Comencini (Italian: [luˈiːdʒi komenˈtʃiːni]; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007) was an Italian film director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luigi Comencini has received more than 106,991 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 32 in 2019). Luigi Comencini is the 394th most popular film director (down from 372nd in 2019), the 1,996th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,875th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Italian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Luigi Comencini ranks 394 out of 2,041. Before him are Gerard Damiano, Wolfgang Reitherman, Edward Yang, Jacques Copeau, Paolo Sorrentino, and Ishirō Honda. After him are Mervyn LeRoy, John McTiernan, Gene Deitch, Karel Reisz, Tony Gatlif, and Jerzy Kawalerowicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Luigi Comencini ranks 87. Before him are José Manuel Moreno, Ramón José Velásquez, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Shirley Jackson, Pierre Messmer, and Jane Jacobs. After him are Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Lilian, Princess of Réthy, Ri Jong-ok, Maria Altmann, Hubert Maga, and Manea Mănescu. Among people deceased in 2007, Luigi Comencini ranks 103. Before him are Pierre Messmer, Raymond Barre, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Al Oerter, Edward Yang, and David Lane. After him are Steve Fossett, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Mikhail Ulyanov, Guy de Rothschild, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, and Julien Gracq.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Comencini ranks 1,996 out of 5,161. Before him are Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478), Quintus Servilius Caepio (-200), Cesare Mori (1871), Pietro Mennea (1952), Paolo Sorrentino (1970), and Joseph Freinademetz (1852). After him are Bramantino (1465), Desiderio da Settignano (1430), Giuseppe Siri (1906), Francesco Algarotti (1712), Alfredo Foni (1911), and Antipope Callixtus III (null).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Luigi Comencini ranks 34. Before him are Lucio Fulci (1927), Damiano Damiani (1922), Ermanno Olmi (1931), Valerio Zurlini (1926), Giuseppe De Santis (1917), and Paolo Sorrentino (1970). After him are Alberto Lattuada (1914), Giuliano Montaldo (1930), Umberto Lenzi (1931), Mauro Bolognini (1922), George P. Cosmatos (1941), and Elio Petri (1929).

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Filmography

The Adventures of Pinocchio
Director
Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and after trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastro Ciliegia, decides to build himself a puppet to keep him company.
Dec 21o 19727.5 / 10
Don Camillo in Moscow
Director
Priest Don Camillo blackmails his friendly rival Peppone into letting him join a Communist delegation visiting the Soviet Union.
Sep 18o 19657.1 / 10
Bread, Love and Dreams
Director
When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".
Dec 22o 19537 / 10