FILM DIRECTOR

Michel Franco

1979 - Today

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Michel Franco (born 28 August 1979) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his film After Lucia that won the Prize Un Certain Regard at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.His films typically deal with themes of dysfunctional families. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Franco has received more than 185,354 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Franco is the 1,785th most popular film director (down from 1,619th in 2019), the 519th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 437th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Mexican Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Michel Francos by language

Over the past year Michel Franco has had the most page views in the with 46,641 views, followed by Spanish (23,396), and Italian (12,606). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (213.50%), Catalan (86.29%), and English (85.29%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michel Franco ranks 1,785 out of 2,041. Before him are Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Cesc Gay, Phedon Papamichael, Greg Berlanti, John Moore, and Oliver Parker. After him are Bud Yorkin, Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi, Chris Renaud, Gary Trousdale, Darren Lynn Bousman, and Aishwarya R. Dhanush.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Michel Franco ranks 427. Before him are Jaroslav Drobný, Ayda Field, Adam Neumann, Blanca Soto, Álex Mumbrú, and Shahzoda. After him are Cara Black, Charmane Star, Sergei Karasev, Austra Skujytė, Sergio Pellissier, and Jaska Raatikainen.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Michel Franco ranks 519 out of 729. Before him are Rafael Amaya (1977), Carlos Girón (1954), Ramón Ramírez (1969), Josefina Vázquez Mota (1961), Raúl Héctor Castro (1916), and Blanca Soto (1979). After him are Armando Manzo (1958), Ricardo Osorio (1980), Miguel Layún (1988), Guillermo Mendizábal (1954), Alejandro Domínguez (1961), and José Manuel de la Torre (1965).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Mexico

Among film directors born in Mexico, Michel Franco ranks 11. Before him are Arturo Ripstein (1943), Mario Van Peebles (1957), Guillermo Navarro (1955), Rodrigo Prieto (1965), Jorge Fons (1939), and Carlos Reygadas (1971).

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Filmography

New Order
Director
In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a wealthy family. After the riots have been quashed, they discover the bride has gone missing and plea with the military to help locate her.
Oct 22o 20206.531 / 10
Sundown
Director
When a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions of a wealthy British family.
Apr 8o 20226.198 / 10
After Lucia
Director
Alejandra and her dad Roberto have just moved to town. She is new at school, he has a new job. Starting over is sometimes complicated when you have left so much behind.
Oct 3o 20126.7 / 10