FILM DIRECTOR

Philippe Falardeau

1968 - Today

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Philippe Falardeau (French pronunciation: [filip falaʁdo]; born February 1, 1968, in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe Falardeau has received more than 111,699 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Falardeau is the 1,670th most popular film director (down from 1,581st in 2019), the 732nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 716th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Canadian Film Director.

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  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Philippe Falardeau ranks 1,670 out of 2,041. Before him are Larry Charles, Ira Sachs, Ken Hughes, Kevin Macdonald, Lowell Thomas, and William Daniels. After him are Nimród Antal, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Nils Gaup, Rainer Simon, Kasi Lemmons, and Robert Eggers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Philippe Falardeau ranks 487. Before him are Kazuya Maekawa, Tania Bruguera, Bryan Burk, Rena Sofer, Hisashi Kurosaki, and Koji Igarashi. After him are Danny Jacobs, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Leonid Agutin, Fernando Escartín, Shinichiro Tani, and Alejandro Mancuso.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Philippe Falardeau ranks 732 out of 1,622. Before him are Tatiana Maslany (1985), Steve Yzerman (1965), Erik Mongrain (1980), Ted Lindsay (1925), Maude Abbott (1868), and Serinda Swan (1984). After him are Henrietta Edwards (1849), Bianca Beauchamp (1977), Fikayo Tomori (1997), E. Pauline Johnson (1861), Keegan Connor Tracy (1971), and Hart Bochner (1956).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Philippe Falardeau ranks 26. Before him are Sidney Olcott (1872), Robert Lepage (1957), Roger Avary (1965), Elmer Clifton (1890), Brad Wright (1961), and Jason Reitman (1977). After him are Bruce LaBruce (1964), Guy Maddin (1956), Michelle MacLaren (1965), Danny Antonucci (1957), Dean DeBlois (1970), and Evan Goldberg (1982).

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Filmography

The Good Lie
Director
A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.
Sep 10o 20147.3 / 10
Monsieur Lazhar
Director
During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the while, he must keep his personal life tucked away: the fact that he is seeking political refuge in Québec – and that he, like the children, has suffered an appalling loss.
Sep 10o 20117.1 / 10
My Salinger Year
Director
A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
Feb 20o 20206.3 / 10