FILM DIRECTOR

Philippe de Broca

1933 - 2004

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Philippe de Broca (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 347,340 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Philippe de Brocas by language

Over the past year Philippe de Broca has had the most page views in the with 67,700 views, followed by English (48,615), and German (8,417). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (158.74%), Basque (79.78%), and Breton (66.80%)

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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Filmography

That Man from Rio
Director
French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue the kidnappers to Brazil, where they learn that the statue is the key to a hidden Amazon treasure.
Feb 5o 19647.5 / 10
The 400 Blows
Director
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
Jun 3o 19598.058 / 10
The Magnificent One
Director
A writer of pulp fiction imagines himself as the dashing hero and his English neighbor as his love interest.
Nov 23o 19737.093 / 10