FILM DIRECTOR

Philippe de Broca

1933 - 2004

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Philippe Claude Alex de Broca de Ferrussac (French: [də bʁɔka]; 15 March 1933 – 26 November 2004) was a French film director. He directed 30 full-length feature films, including the highly successful That Man from Rio (L'Homme de Rio), The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique) and On Guard (Le Bossu). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe de Broca has received more than 377,514 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Philippe de Broca is the 305th most popular film director (up from 306th in 2019), the 1,830th most popular biography from France (down from 1,792nd in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Film Director.

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  • 380k

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  • 58.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Philippe de Broca ranks 305 out of 2,041. Before him are Ousmane Sembène, Mamoru Oshii, Mikhail Kalatozov, Satoshi Kon, Raúl Ruiz, and John Boorman. After him are Jim Henson, Paul Schrader, Krzysztof Zanussi, Gaspar Noé, Tengiz Abuladze, and Eldar Ryazanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Philippe de Broca ranks 113. Before him are Jerzy Kosiński, Rik Van Looy, Fred Haise, Saleh Al-Fawzan, John Boorman, and Miloš Milutinović. After him are Otto Barić, Maurice André, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Michel Hidalgo, Wayne Shorter, and Cissy Houston. Among people deceased in 2004, Philippe de Broca ranks 69. Before him are John Charles, Roque Máspoli, Marika Rökk, Richard Avedon, Lennart Bernadotte, and Raymond Goethals. After him are Tom Wesselmann, Frances Shand Kydd, Thanom Kittikachorn, Nino Manfredi, Rafael Eitan, and Marco Pantani.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe de Broca ranks 1,830 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Alesi (1964), Robert Brasillach (1909), Georg Muffat (1653), Jean-François Marmontel (1723), Anselme Payen (1795), and Vincent of Lérins (400). After him are Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), Charlotte Bonaparte (1802), Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (1508), Christian Boltanski (1944), and Elias, Duke of Parma (1880).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Philippe de Broca ranks 36. Before him are Bertrand Tavernier (1941), Patrice Chéreau (1944), Frank Darabont (1959), Julien Duvivier (1896), Germaine Dulac (1882), and Just Jaeckin (1940). After him are Francis Veber (1937), William Kennedy Dickson (1860), Jean Rouch (1917), Claude Sautet (1924), Jean Girault (1924), and Guy Hamilton (1922).

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