1925 - 2003
Maurice Pialat (French: [pjala]; 31 August 1925 – 11 January 2003) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Pialat has received more than 151,386 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Maurice Pialat is the 410th most popular film director (down from 407th in 2019), the 2,271st most popular biography from France (down from 2,230th in 2019) and the 54th most popular French Film Director.
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Among film directors, Maurice Pialat ranks 410 out of 1,580. Before him are Mike Leigh, Jacques Audiard, Bertrand Blier, Jerzy Hoffman, Garry Marshall, and Kaneto Shindo. After him are Georgiy Daneliya, Ted Kotcheff, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Susanne Bier, Clarence Brown, and Yoji Yamada.
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 404
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 405
1939 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 406
1932 - Present
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 407
1934 - 2016
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 408
1912 - 2012
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 409
1925 - 2003
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 410
1930 - 2019
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 411
1931 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 412
1930 - 2013
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 413
1960 - Present
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 414
1890 - 1987
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 415
1931 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 416
Among people born in 1925, Maurice Pialat ranks 135. Before him are Antoine Gizenga, Bill Gates Sr., Luis Molowny, Sufi Abu Taleb, Aldo Ciccolini, and Uzi Narkiss. After him are Alexandre do Nascimento, René Moawad, Justo Gallego Martínez, Johnny Carson, Ahmad Shamlou, and Manos Hatzidakis. Among people deceased in 2003, Maurice Pialat ranks 91. Before him are Neil Postman, Sébastien Japrisot, Eizo Yuguchi, Wendy Hiller, Vasil Bykaŭ, and Miloš Milutinović. After him are Michael Kamen, Mohammed Dib, Tadao Horie, Donald Davidson, Mohamed Choukri, and Ramón Serrano Suñer.
1925 - 2019
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 129
1925 - 2020
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 130
1925 - 2010
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 131
1925 - 2008
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 132
1925 - 2015
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 133
1925 - 1997
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 134
1925 - 2003
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 135
1925 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 136
1925 - 1989
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 137
1925 - Present
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 138
1925 - 2005
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 139
1925 - 2000
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 140
1925 - 1994
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 141
1931 - 2003
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 85
1931 - 2003
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 86
1945 - 2003
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 87
1912 - 2003
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 88
1924 - 2003
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 89
1933 - 2003
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 90
1925 - 2003
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 91
1948 - 2003
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 92
1920 - 2003
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 93
1913 - 2003
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 94
1917 - 2003
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 95
1935 - 2003
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 96
1901 - 2003
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 97
Among people born in France, Maurice Pialat ranks 2,271 out of 5,234. Before him are Louis Paul Cailletet (1832), Paul Hazard (1878), Louis Jouvet (1887), Auguste Laurent (1807), Marie Bracquemond (1840), and Roman Opałka (1931). After him are François Devienne (1759), Charles Lecocq (1832), Marie-Claire Alain (1926), Alexandre Desplat (1961), Émile Boutroux (1845), and Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788).
1832 - 1913
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 2,265
1878 - 1944
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 2,266
1887 - 1951
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 2,267
1807 - 1853
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 2,268
1840 - 1916
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 2,269
1931 - 2011
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 2,270
1925 - 2003
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 2,271
1759 - 1803
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 2,272
1832 - 1918
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 2,273
1926 - 2013
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 2,274
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 2,275
1845 - 1921
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 2,276
1788 - 1842
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 2,277
Among film directors born in France, Maurice Pialat ranks 54. Before him are Ariane Mnouchkine (1939), Louis Feuillade (1873), Aleksandar Petrović (1929), Claire Denis (1946), Jacques Audiard (1952), and Bertrand Blier (1939). After him are René Laloux (1929), Christian-Jaque (1904), Michel Gondry (1963), Olivier Assayas (1955), André Téchiné (1943), and Édouard Molinaro (1928).
1939 - Present
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 48
1873 - 1925
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 49
1929 - 1994
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 50
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 51
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 52
1939 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 53
1925 - 2003
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 54
1929 - 2004
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 55
1904 - 1994
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 56
1963 - Present
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 57
1955 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 58
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 59
1928 - 2013
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 60