FILM DIRECTOR

Pierre Morel

1964 - Today

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Pierre Morel (born 12 May 1964) is a French film director and cinematographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Morel has received more than 428,517 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Morel is the 1,395th most popular film director (down from 1,259th in 2019), the 5,001st most popular biography from France (down from 4,514th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular French Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Pierre Morel ranks 1,395 out of 2,041. Before him are Flora Gomes, Hugh Wilson, James Gray, François Dupeyron, Ken Burns, and Michael Hoffman. After him are Pál Gábor, Terry Zwigoff, Robert Lepage, Geoffrey Unsworth, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, and Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Pierre Morel ranks 375. Before him are Astrid Carolina Herrera, Philippe Montanier, Pascal Richard, Silke Möller, Jordi Arrese, and Ursula Karven. After him are Patrick Warburton, Richard Brake, Musashi Mizushima, Greg Graffin, Goran Prpić, and Wael Nader al-Halqi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Morel ranks 5,001 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Esteban (1935), Albert Decourtray (1923), Clément Lenglet (1995), François Dupeyron (1950), Michel Bonnevie (1921), and Jean-François Domergue (1957). After him are François Gagnepain (1866), Jean-Denis Bredin (1929), Léo Lacroix (1937), François Nourissier (1927), Louis Hostin (1908), and Gaël Clichy (1985).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Pierre Morel ranks 152. Before him are Céline Sciamma (1978), André Roosevelt (1879), Alain Jessua (1932), Jacques Baratier (1918), Catherine Corsini (1956), and François Dupeyron (1950). After him are Bruno Delbonnel (1957), René Vautier (1928), Alexandre Aja (1978), Giorgio Capitani (1927), Olivier Megaton (1965), and Christophe Honoré (1970).

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Filmography

Taken
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While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his best years possibly behind him, the job may be more than he can handle.
Feb 18o 20087.394 / 10
Peppermint
Director
A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.
Sep 6o 20186.7 / 10
From Paris with Love
Director
James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realises that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.
Feb 4o 20106.3 / 10