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FILM DIRECTOR

Miklós Jancsó

1921 - 2014

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Miklós Jancsó (Hungarian: [ˈmikloːʃ ˈjɒnt͡ʃoː]; 27 September 1921 – 31 January 2014) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Jancsó achieved international prominence starting in the mid-1960s with works including The Round-Up (Szegénylegények, 1965), The Red and the White (Csillagosok, katonák, 1967), and Red Psalm (Még kér a nép, 1971). Jancsó's films are characterized by long takes, and their plot often takes place in historical periods and at rural settings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miklós Jancsó has received more than 176,415 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Miklós Jancsó is the 227th most popular film director (down from 209th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 111th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Film Director.

Miklós Jancsó is most famous for his films, which are often characterized by long takes, slow motion, and a lack of dialogue.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Miklós Jancsó ranks 227 out of 1,581Before him are Joseph Losey, Anatole Litvak, Terence Young, Douglas Sirk, George Stevens, and Frank Darabont. After him are Richard Fleischer, Margarethe von Trotta, Barbet Schroeder, Lucio Fulci, Yılmaz Güney, and Stephen Frears.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Miklós Jancsó ranks 79Before him are Iris Apfel, Farida of Egypt, Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Yuri Nikulin, Mario Lanza, and Betty Friedan. After him are Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Karel Appel, Herta Bothe, Paddy Roy Bates, Chris Marker, and Amin al-Hafiz. Among people deceased in 2014, Miklós Jancsó ranks 57Before him are Gerald Edelman, Dale T. Mortensen, Oscar de la Renta, Yozo Aoki, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, and Gottfried John. After him are Ralph H. Baer, B. K. S. Iyengar, Stuart Hall, Veljko Kadijević, Věra Chytilová, and Hilderaldo Bellini.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Miklós Jancsó ranks 127 out of 866Before him are Judit Polgár (1976), Miklós Rózsa (1907), Max Nordau (1849), Aurel Stein (1862), Imi Lichtenfeld (1910), and Peter Delyan (1009). After him are Marcel Grossmann (1878), Arthur Nikisch (1855), Mária Telkes (1900), László Papp (1926), George I Rákóczi (1593), and Leopold Auer (1845).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Hungary

Among film directors born in Hungary, Miklós Jancsó ranks 3Before him are Michael Curtiz (1886) and István Szabó (1938). After him are Márta Mészáros (1931), Béla Tarr (1955), Adolph Zukor (1873), Ladislao Vajda (1906), Ildikó Enyedi (1955), Ján Kadár (1918), László Benedek (1905), Zoltán Fábri (1917), and Charles Vidor (1900).

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