1912 - 2007
Michelangelo Antonioni (, Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo antoˈnjoːni]; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian director and filmmaker. He is best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents"—L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961), and L'Eclisse (1962)—as well as the English-language film Blowup (1966). His films have been described as "enigmatic and intricate mood pieces" that feature elusive plots, striking visual composition, and a preoccupation with modern landscapes. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michelangelo Antonioni has received more than 1,645,579 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia. Michelangelo Antonioni is the 26th most popular film director, the 247th most popular biography from Italy (up from 249th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Film Director.
Michelangelo Antonioni is most famous for being a film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his Italian neorealist films of the 1950s and 1960s, including La Notte (1961), L'Eclisse (1962), Red Desert (1964), Blowup (1966), The Passenger (1975), and The Mystery of Oberwald (1979).
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Among film directors, Michelangelo Antonioni ranks 26 out of 1,581. Before him are François Truffaut, Miloš Forman, Georges Méliès, Leni Riefenstahl, Pedro Almodóvar, and Bernardo Bertolucci. After him are Konstantin Stanislavski, David Lynch, Krzysztof Kieślowski, George Lucas, Fritz Lang, and Quentin Tarantino.
1932 - 1984
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 20
1932 - 2018
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 21
1861 - 1938
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 22
1902 - 2003
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 23
1949 - Present
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 24
1941 - 2018
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 25
1912 - 2007
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 26
1863 - 1938
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 27
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 28
1941 - 1996
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 29
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 30
1890 - 1976
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 31
1963 - Present
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 32
Among people born in 1912, Michelangelo Antonioni ranks 10. Before him are Eva Braun, Milton Friedman, Wernher von Braun, Jackson Pollock, Erich Honecker, and Otto von Habsburg. After him are Heinrich Harrer, John Cage, Carlo Ponti, Clara Petacci, János Kádár, and Alfredo Stroessner. Among people deceased in 2007, Michelangelo Antonioni ranks 4. Before him are Boris Yeltsin, Ingmar Bergman, and Luciano Pavarotti. After him are Mohammed Zahir Shah, Jean Baudrillard, Marcel Marceau, Kurt Waldheim, Carlo Ponti, Mstislav Rostropovich, Ève Curie, and Paul Tibbets.
1912 - 1945
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 4
1912 - 2006
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 5
1912 - 1977
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 6
1912 - 1956
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 7
1912 - 1994
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 8
1912 - 2011
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 9
1912 - 2007
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 10
1912 - 2006
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 11
1912 - 1992
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 12
1912 - 2007
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 13
1912 - 1945
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 14
1912 - 1989
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 15
1912 - 2006
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 16
1931 - 2007
HPI: 83.89
Rank: 1
1918 - 2007
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 2
1935 - 2007
HPI: 78.84
Rank: 3
1912 - 2007
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 4
1914 - 2007
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 5
1929 - 2007
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 6
1923 - 2007
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 7
1918 - 2007
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 8
1912 - 2007
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 9
1927 - 2007
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 10
1904 - 2007
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 11
1915 - 2007
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Michelangelo Antonioni ranks 247 out of 4,668. Before him are Didius Julianus (133), Giuseppe Mazzini (1805), Gianni Versace (1946), Pope Innocent VII (1339), Pope Felix I (300), and Juvenal (50). After him are Sonia Gandhi (1946), Sergio Mattarella (1941), Pope Innocent IX (1519), Pope Lucius III (1110), Livia (-58), and Andrea Mantegna (1431).
133 - 193
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 241
1805 - 1872
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 242
1946 - 1997
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 243
1339 - 1406
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 244
300 - 274
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 245
50 - 200
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 246
1912 - 2007
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 247
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 248
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 249
1519 - 1591
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 250
1110 - 1185
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 251
58 BC - 29
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 252
1431 - 1506
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 253
Among film directors born in Italy, Michelangelo Antonioni ranks 6. Before him are Federico Fellini (1920), Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922), Luchino Visconti (1906), Sergio Leone (1929), and Bernardo Bertolucci (1941). After him are Roberto Rossellini (1906), Vittorio De Sica (1901), Tinto Brass (1933), Franco Zeffirelli (1923), Frank Capra (1897), and Dario Argento (1940).
1920 - 1993
HPI: 79.23
Rank: 1
1922 - 1975
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 2
1906 - 1976
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 3
1929 - 1989
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 4
1941 - 2018
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 5
1912 - 2007
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 6
1906 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 7
1901 - 1974
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 8
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 9
1923 - 2019
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 10
1897 - 1991
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 11
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 12