FILM DIRECTOR

Oumarou Ganda

1935 - 1981

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Oumarou Ganda (1935 – 1 January 1981) was a Nigerien director and actor who helped bring African cinema to international attention in the 1960s and 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oumarou Ganda has received more than 22,985 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Oumarou Ganda is the 1,308th most popular film director (down from 1,225th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Niger (down from 14th in 2019) and the most popular Nigerien Film Director.

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  • 52.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Oumarou Ganda ranks 1,308 out of 2,041. Before him are Benoît Lamy, David Frankel, Anders Thomas Jensen, Milcho Manchevski, Max Hardcore, and Vladimir Motyl. After him are Steve McQueen, Charles Reisner, Tosca Musk, Melville Shavelson, Yuli Raizman, and Peter Berg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Oumarou Ganda ranks 433. Before him are Alfredo del Águila, Mal Anderson, Teddy Mayer, Laurynas Stankevičius, Egon Franke, and Veli Lehtelä. After him are Jack McDevitt, Alberto Mariotti, Prem Chopra, James Cotton, Ivan Calin, and Marcelino Oreja, 1st Marquis of Oreja. Among people deceased in 1981, Oumarou Ganda ranks 227. Before him are Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky, Harvey Fletcher, Geirr Tveitt, Ann Harding, Dan Coe, and Bronisław Malinowski. After him are Giuseppe Tosi, Ella Hall, Big Walter Horton, Fredric Wertham, Nikolay Smaga, and Börje Tapper.

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In Niger

Among people born in Niger, Oumarou Ganda ranks 19 out of 26. Before him are Hassoumi Massaoudou (1957), Issake Dabore (1940), Ismaël Lô (1956), Ali Lamine Zeine (1965), Salou Djibo (1965), and Hama Amadou (1950). After him are Seyni Oumarou (1951), Moussa Maâzou (1988), Amadou Moutari (1994), Hadizatou Mani (1984), William N'Gounou (1983), and Olivier Bonnes (1990).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Niger

Among film directors born in Niger, Oumarou Ganda ranks 1. 

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