FILM DIRECTOR

Luis Puenzo

1946 - Today

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Luis Adalberto Puenzo (born 19 February 1946) is an Argentine film director, producer and screenplay writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis Puenzo has received more than 84,487 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Luis Puenzo is the 843rd most popular film director (up from 915th in 2019), the 321st most popular biography from Argentina (up from 344th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Argentinean Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 84k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Luis Puenzo ranks 843 out of 2,041. Before him are Hong Sang-soo, Raoul Coutard, Benjamin Christensen, Rustam Ibragimbekov, Rosa von Praunheim, and Alexander Rou. After him are Sergio Martino, András Kovács, Dara Singh, Sergei Loznitsa, Irwin Winkler, and Raymond Bernard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Luis Puenzo ranks 416. Before him are Ricky Bruch, Sacheen Littlefeather, Vladimir Muntyan, Mario Zenari, Wubbo Ockels, and Björn Granath. After him are Ahmed Rami, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Jack Horner, Don Schollander, Goyo Benito, and Yacouba Sawadogo.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Luis Puenzo ranks 321 out of 1,154. Before him are Julio Olarticoechea (1958), Ernesto Grillo (1929), Domingo Tarasconi (1903), Sergio Romero (1987), Manuel Quintana (1835), and Juan Carlos Sarnari (1942). After him are Bérénice Bejo (1976), Santiago Derqui (1809), Antonio Berni (1905), Ricardo Gareca (1958), Oreste Corbatta (1936), and Leandro Paredes (1994).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Argentina

Among film directors born in Argentina, Luis Puenzo ranks 4. Before him are Gaspar Noé (1963), Héctor Babenco (1946), and Fernando Solanas (1936). After him are Fernando Birri (1925), Juan José Campanella (1959), María Luisa Bemberg (1922), Nelly Kaplan (1931), Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (1924), Lucrecia Martel (1966), Andy Muschietti (1973), and Damián Szifron (1975).

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Filmography

The Official Story
Director
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.
Apr 3o 19857.5 / 10
Old Gringo
Director
A writer forms a triangle with a schoolmarm and a Mexican general on the run.
Sep 13o 19895.6 / 10
The Plague
Director
In a city in South America an outbreak of bubonic plague occurs. While people try to flee and the military close the city, an idealistic doctor decides to stay and help the sick. In the ever-changing circumstances, he puts up a brave fight, being helped by others but also involving them without being able to control the situation.
Aug 26o 19925.6 / 10