1913 - 1996
René Clément (French: [ʁəne klemɑ̃]; 18 March 1913 – 17 March 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the films The Battle of the Rails (1946), Forbidden Games (1952), Gervaise (1956), Purple Noon (1960), and Is Paris Burning (1966). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Clément has received more than 227,783 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). René Clément is the 132nd most popular film director (up from 133rd in 2019), the 919th most popular biography from France (up from 941st in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Film Director.
René Clément is most famous for his 1959 film, "Black Orpheus," which is a retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
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Among film directors, René Clément ranks 132 out of 1,581. Before him are Peter Greenaway, Michael Curtiz, Aki Kaurismäki, John Woo, Mel Brooks, and Moustapha Akkad. After him are Claude Lelouch, D. W. Griffith, István Szabó, Andrei Konchalovsky, Vsevolod Meyerhold, and Kim Ki-duk.
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 126
1886 - 1962
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 127
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 128
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 129
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 130
1930 - 2005
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 131
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 132
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 133
1875 - 1948
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 134
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 135
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 136
1874 - 1940
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 137
1960 - 2020
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 138
Among people born in 1913, René Clément ranks 40. Before him are Leônidas, Carmen Amaya, Stanford Moore, Artur Axmann, Wolfgang Paul, and Roger Wolcott Sperry. After him are Willis Lamb, Gert Fröbe, Luz Long, Mehmet Shehu, Jacobo Árbenz, and Masanobu Fukuoka. Among people deceased in 1996, René Clément ranks 27. Before him are Solomon Asch, Silvio Piola, Sergiu Celibidache, Artur Axmann, Marcel Carné, and Mohamed Farrah Aidid. After him are Mohammad Najibullah, Magda Schneider, Timothy Leary, Andreas Papandreou, Odysseas Elytis, and Nevill Francis Mott.
1913 - 2004
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 34
1913 - 1963
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 35
1913 - 1982
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 36
1913 - 1996
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 37
1913 - 1993
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 38
1913 - 1994
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 39
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 40
1913 - 2008
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 41
1913 - 1988
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 42
1913 - 1943
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 43
1913 - 1981
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 44
1913 - 1971
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 45
1913 - 2008
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 46
1907 - 1996
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 21
1913 - 1996
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 22
1912 - 1996
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 23
1913 - 1996
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 24
1906 - 1996
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 25
1934 - 1996
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 26
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 27
1947 - 1996
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 28
1909 - 1996
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 29
1920 - 1996
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 30
1919 - 1996
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 31
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 32
1905 - 1996
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 33
Among people born in France, René Clément ranks 919 out of 6,011. Before him are Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772), Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292), Philippe Ariès (1914), Michael Lonsdale (1931), and Pierre Méchain (1744). After him are Edgar Morin (1921), Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704), Saint Eligius (588), Claude Lelouch (1937), Francis Lai (1932), and Henry I of Navarre (1244).
1657 - 1757
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 913
1772 - 1844
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 914
1292 - 1330
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 915
1914 - 1984
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 916
1931 - 2020
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 917
1744 - 1804
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 918
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 919
1921 - Present
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 920
1704 - 1788
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 921
588 - 660
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 922
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 923
1932 - 2018
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 924
1244 - 1274
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 925
Among film directors born in France, René Clément ranks 18. Before him are Robert Bresson (1901), Alain Resnais (1922), René Clair (1898), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Louis Malle (1932), and Marcel Carné (1906). After him are Claude Lelouch (1937), Jacques Demy (1931), Abel Gance (1889), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Jean Vigo (1905), and Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907).
1901 - 1999
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 12
1922 - 2014
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 13
1898 - 1981
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 14
1917 - 1973
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 15
1932 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 16
1906 - 1996
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 17
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 18
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 19
1931 - 1990
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 20
1889 - 1981
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 21
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 22
1905 - 1934
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 23
1907 - 1977
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 24