FILM DIRECTOR

Ruben Östlund

1974 - Today

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Ruben Östlund (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈrʉːbɛn ˈœstlɵnd]) (born 13 April 1974) is a Swedish filmmaker best known for his black comedic and satirical films Force Majeure (2014), The Square (2017) and Triangle of Sadness (2022). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruben Östlund has received more than 1,385,062 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Ruben Östlund is the 701st most popular film director (up from 1,128th in 2019), the 493rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 778th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swedish Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ruben Östlunds by language

Over the past year Ruben Östlund has had the most page views in the with 262,433 views, followed by French (86,748), and German (52,416). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Icelandic (472.22%), Simple English (149.27%), and Basque (59.04%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ruben Östlund ranks 701 out of 2,041. Before him are Riccardo Freda, Sergei Bodrov, Walter Salles, Richard Marquand, Dorothy Arzner, and Artavazd Peleshyan. After him are Mario Camerini, Tsai Ming-liang, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, David Chase, Pierre Granier-Deferre, and Barry Sonnenfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Ruben Östlund ranks 59. Before him are Sylvain Wiltord, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Mutassim Gaddafi, Sylvinho, Konstantin Novoselov, and Josh Radnor. After him are Misha Collins, Guillaume Musso, Michael Shannon, Robert Kovač, Claudio López, and Hicham El Guerrouj.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ruben Östlund ranks 493 out of 1,879. Before him are August Nilsson (1872), Agneta Andersson (1961), Jan Olsson (1944), Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866), Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783), and Lena Endre (1955). After him are Carola Häggkvist (1966), Rudolf Svensson (1899), Gustaf Cederström (1845), Katarina Taikon (1932), Olle Hellbom (1925), and Felix Hamrin (1875).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Sweden

Among film directors born in Sweden, Ruben Östlund ranks 10. Before him are Roy Andersson (1943), Sven Nykvist (1922), Bo Widerberg (1930), Alf Sjöberg (1903), Jan Troell (1931), and Vilgot Sjöman (1924). After him are Olle Hellbom (1925), Hasse Ekman (1915), Mikael Håfström (1960), Erika Lust (1977), Gunnar Fischer (1910), and Jonas Åkerlund (1965).

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Filmography

Force Majeure
Director
While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.
Aug 15o 20146.864 / 10
Triangle of Sadness
Director
A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.
Sep 18o 20227.107 / 10
The Square
Director
A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.
Aug 25o 20176.77 / 10