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FILM DIRECTOR

René Clément

1913 - 1996

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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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  • 62.82

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In France

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).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

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).

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Filmography

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