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FILM DIRECTOR

Mario Bava

1914 - 1980

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Mario Bava (31 July 1914 – 27 April 1980) was an Italian filmmaker who worked variously as a director, cinematographer, special effects artist and screenwriter. His low-budget genre films, known for their distinctive visual flair and stylish technical ingenuity, feature recurring themes and imagery concerning the conflict between illusion and reality, as well as the destructive capacity of human nature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mario Bava has received more than 681,068 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Mario Bava is the 216th most popular film director (up from 217th in 2019), the 1,290th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,314th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Italian Film Director.

Mario Bava is most famous for his work on gothic horror films such as Black Sunday, Black Sabbath, and The Mask of Satan.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mario Bava ranks 216 out of 1,581. Before him are John Sturges, Wes Anderson, Cecil B. DeMille, Thea von Harbou, Alfonso Cuarón, and Theo van Gogh. After him are Marco Ferreri, Robert J. Flaherty, Spike Lee, Gus Van Sant, Joseph Losey, and Anatole Litvak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Mario Bava ranks 49. Before him are William Vickrey, Vjekoslav Luburić, Boris Christoff, Dylan Thomas, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Tyrone Power. After him are Rafael Kubelík, William Westmoreland, Agostino Casaroli, Francisco da Costa Gomes, Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, and James Van Allen. Among people deceased in 1980, Mario Bava ranks 52. Before him are Lewis Milestone, Kim Jae-gyu, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Gustav Wagner, Walter Dornberger, and Robert Whittaker. After him are Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Ian Curtis, V. V. Giri, Stanisława Walasiewicz, Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse, and Heinz Linge.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Mario Bava ranks 1,290 out of 4,668. Before him are Lorenzo Costa (1460), Matteo Bandello (1484), Methodios I of Constantinople (788), Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1810), Marcello Gandini (1938), and Andrea Luchesi (1741). After him are Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1726), Giovanni il Popolano (1467), Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746), Alessandro Allori (1535), Giovanni Bottesini (1821), and Tatiana of Rome (200).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Mario Bava ranks 20. Before him are Ettore Scola (1931), Sergio Corbucci (1926), Dino Risi (1916), Francesco Rosi (1922), Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), and Liliana Cavani (1933). After him are Marco Ferreri (1928), Lucio Fulci (1927), Mario Monicelli (1915), Joe D'Amato (1936), Gillo Pontecorvo (1919), and Damiano Damiani (1922).

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Filmography

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