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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 351,607 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Philippe de Broca is the 306th most popular film director (up from 319th in 2019), the 1,799th most popular biography from France (up from 1,871st in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Film Director.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

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  • 3.37

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Philippe de Broca ranks 306 out of 1,581Before him are Henry King, John Landis, Jim Henson, Gaspar Noé, King Vidor, and Ishirō Honda. After him are Mikio Naruse, Thomas Vinterberg, Frank Borzage, Satoshi Kon, Sergiu Nicolaescu, and Jack L. Warner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Philippe de Broca ranks 108Before him are Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Debra Paget, Rik Van Looy, Yasukazu Tanaka, Ko Un, and Borislav Ivkov. After him are Narriman Sadek, Renato Salvatori, Sheldon Adelson, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria, Elem Klimov, and Carlos Correia. Among people deceased in 2004, Philippe de Broca ranks 65Before him are Lennart Bernadotte, Harold Shipman, Nikolai Chernykh, Nino Manfredi, Marika Rökk, and Charles Sweeney. After him are Mercedes McCambridge, Thanom Kittikachorn, Brian Clough, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, John Charles, and Masanori Tokita.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe de Broca ranks 1,799 out of 6,011Before him are Fabien Barthez (1971), Félix Savart (1791), Alphonse Allais (1854), Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676), Isabelle of France (1225), and Renée Simonot (1911). After him are Pierre-Jules Hetzel (1814), François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy (1644), Robert Estienne (1503), Remy de Gourmont (1858), Jean Borotra (1898), and Jean-François Marmontel (1723).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Philippe de Broca ranks 39Before him are Patrice Chéreau (1944), Jean Rouch (1917), Jacques Becker (1906), William Kennedy Dickson (1860), Germaine Dulac (1882), and Leos Carax (1960). After him are Claude Sautet (1924), Francis Veber (1937), François Ozon (1967), Guy Hamilton (1922), Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946), and Louis Delluc (1890).

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