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FILM DIRECTOR

Paolo Sorrentino

1970 - Today

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Paolo Sorrentino (Italian: [ˈpaːolo sorrenˈtiːno]; born 31 May 1970) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Italian cinema working today. He is known for visually striking and complex dramas and has often been compared to Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paolo Sorrentino has received more than 1,931,962 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Paolo Sorrentino is the 318th most popular film director (up from 355th in 2019), the 1,698th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,800th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Italian Film Director.

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  • 1.9M

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  • 56.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Paolo Sorrentino ranks 318 out of 1,581Before him are Jack L. Warner, Giuseppe De Santis, John Frankenheimer, Walter Lantz, Sam Mendes, and Sven Nykvist. After him are Menahem Golan, Claude Sautet, Jiří Trnka, Francis Veber, Kinji Fukasaku, and Eldar Ryazanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Paolo Sorrentino ranks 29Before him are Halit Ergenç, Fred Durst, Simon Pegg, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, M. Night Shyamalan, and Paul Ryan. After him are Dominic Purcell, John Frusciante, Alan Shearer, Tonya Harding, Izabella Scorupco, and Frank de Boer.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Paolo Sorrentino ranks 1,698 out of 4,668Before him are Pacuvius (-220), Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma (1678), Fede Galizia (1578), Francesco Maria Veracini (1690), Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (-102), and Matteo Maria Boiardo (1441). After him are Enzo of Sardinia (1220), Gianfranco Zola (1966), Francesco Barberini (1597), Theron of Acragas (-535), Roger of Lauria (1245), and Gioachino Greco (1590).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Paolo Sorrentino ranks 30Before him are Joe D'Amato (1936), Gillo Pontecorvo (1919), Damiano Damiani (1922), Ruggero Deodato (1939), Ermanno Olmi (1931), and Giuseppe De Santis (1917). After him are Marco Bellocchio (1939), Nanni Moretti (1953), Luigi Comencini (1916), Alberto Lattuada (1914), Valerio Zurlini (1926), and Umberto Lenzi (1931).

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