FILM DIRECTOR

Raoul Peck

1953 - Today

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Raoul Peck (born 9 September 1953 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is a Haitian filmmaker of both documentary and feature films. He is known for using historical, political, and personal characters to tackle and recount societal issues and historical events. Peck was Haiti's Minister of Culture from 1996 to September 1997. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raoul Peck has received more than 588,801 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Raoul Peck is the 1,522nd most popular film director (down from 709th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Haiti (down from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Haitian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Raoul Pecks by language

Over the past year Raoul Peck has had the most page views in the with 51,012 views, followed by French (17,660), and German (5,979). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (71.83%), Haitian (60.51%), and Catalan (40.69%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Raoul Peck ranks 1,522 out of 2,041. Before him are Fernando Colomo, Kevin Williamson, Len Wiseman, Robin Campillo, Jan Svěrák, and Roger Avary. After him are Frank Perry, Christophe Honoré, Mahamat Saleh Haroun, Cristina Comencini, David Trueba, and Deepa Mehta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Raoul Peck ranks 520. Before him are Viktor Kozin, Kay Lenz, Ron Underwood, Rob Bailey, Pierre Bastien, and Lawrence Venuti. After him are Chen Danqing, Janet Lynn, Kenneth Rogoff, Lee Garlington, Bess Armstrong, and Tomasz Wójtowicz.

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In Haiti

Among people born in Haiti, Raoul Peck ranks 64 out of 94. Before him are Guy François (1947), Evans Paul (1955), Guy Saint-Vil (1942), Jacques-Édouard Alexis (1947), Arsène Auguste (1951), and Constantin Henriquez (1850). After him are Jean-Max Bellerive (1958), Hérard Abraham (1940), Wilner Nazaire (1950), Claudette Werleigh (1946), Roger Saint-Vil (1949), and Pierre Bayonne (1949).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Haiti

Among film directors born in Haiti, Raoul Peck ranks 1. 

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Filmography

Sometimes in April
Director
Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Feb 17o 20057.1 / 10
The Young Karl Marx
Director
26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx’s new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police’s repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labor movement during its development into a modern era.
Mar 2o 20176.851 / 10
I Am Not Your Negro
Director
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.
Feb 3o 20177.7 / 10