FILM DIRECTOR

Rafael Azcona

1926 - 2008

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Rafael Azcona Fernández (24 October 1926 – 24 March 2008) was a Spanish screenwriter and novelist who worked with some of the best Spanish and international filmmakers. Azcona won five Goya Awards during his career, including a lifetime achievement award in 1998. He was born in the northern Spanish city Logroño on 24 October 1926. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Azcona has received more than 39,233 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael Azcona is the 1,064th most popular film director, the 1,522nd most popular biography from Spain and the 18th most popular Spanish Film Director.

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  • 39k

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  • 54.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Rafael Azcona ranks 1,064 out of 2,041. Before him are Safi Faye, Cameron Crowe, Nina Companeez, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Frank Beyer, and Gunnar Fischer. After him are Cai Chusheng, Ágnes Hranitzky, Frédéric Rossif, David Furnish, Gerry Anderson, and Alexander Nevzorov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Rafael Azcona ranks 348. Before him are Dilhan Eryurt, Pino Dordoni, Yehuda Bauer, Abel Goumba, Bob Benny, and Egisto Pandolfini. After him are Brita Borg, Joe Slovo, Anneliese Rothenberger, James Best, Dietmar Schönherr, and Carlos Roberto Reina. Among people deceased in 2008, Rafael Azcona ranks 240. Before him are John List, Elfriede Kaun, Anatoly Khrapaty, Natalia Bekhtereva, Adolfo Suárez Rivera, and Yegor Letov. After him are František Čapek, Nikolai Baibakov, Mikhail Solomentsev, Ignazio Fabra, William Gibson, and Helmut Zilk.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Rafael Azcona ranks 1,522 out of 3,355. Before him are José Manuel García-Margallo (1944), José Luis Romero (1945), Ricardo Tormo (1952), Alexia Putellas (1994), Manuel Arce y Ochotorena (1879), and Francisco Martínez Soria (1902). After him are Carlos Marchena (1979), Lobo Carrasco (1959), Blanca Fernández Ochoa (1963), Luz Casal (1958), Margarita Robles (1956), and Gregorio Marañón (1887).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Spain

Among film directors born in Spain, Rafael Azcona ranks 18. Before him are Fernando Trueba (1955), Isabel Coixet (1960), Julio Medem (1958), J. A. Bayona (1975), Álex de la Iglesia (1965), and Mario Camus (1935). After him are José Luis Garci (1944), Agustí Villaronga (1953), Luis Alcoriza (1918), Jaume Collet-Serra (1974), Pilar Miró (1940), and Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi (1927).

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