FILM DIRECTOR
Sergei Bondarchuk
1920 - 1994
Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (25 September 1920 – 20 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker who was one of the leading figures of Soviet cinema in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is known for his sweeping period dramas, including War and Peace (1966-67), his internationally acclaimed four-part film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel, and for Waterloo (1970) a Napoleonic War epic. Bondarchuk's work won him numerous international accolades. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergei Bondarchuk has received more than 548,341 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Sergei Bondarchuk is the 119th most popular film director (up from 154th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 105th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Film Director.
Sergei Bondarchuk is most famous for his work as a film director, primarily for his adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.
Memorability Metrics
550k
Page Views (PV)
69.15
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
54
Languages Editions (L)
3.63
Effective Languages (L*)
5.06
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among FILM DIRECTORS
Among film directors, Sergei Bondarchuk ranks 119 out of 2,041. Before him are Otar Iosseliani, Manoel de Oliveira, Jules Dassin, Peter Jackson, Jerzy Grotowski, and David Lean. After him are John Woo, Howard Hawks, Victor Fleming, Jiří Menzel, Wes Craven, and Claude Lelouch.
Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsOtar Iosseliani
1934 - 2023
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 113
Manoel de Oliveira
1908 - 2015
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 114
Jules Dassin
1911 - 2008
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 115
Peter Jackson
1961 - Present
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 116
Jerzy Grotowski
1933 - 1999
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 117
David Lean
1908 - 1991
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 118
Sergei Bondarchuk
1920 - 1994
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 119
John Woo
1946 - Present
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 120
Howard Hawks
1896 - 1977
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 121
Victor Fleming
1889 - 1949
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 122
Jiří Menzel
1938 - 2020
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 123
Wes Craven
1939 - 2015
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 124
Claude Lelouch
1937 - Present
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 125
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1920, Sergei Bondarchuk ranks 35. Before him are Zecharia Sitchin, Fritz Walter, Clarice Lispector, Montgomery Clift, Walter Matthau, and Douglass North. After him are John Demjanjuk, Alberto Sordi, Ravi Shankar, Sun Myung Moon, Gunnar Gren, and Kaysone Phomvihane. Among people deceased in 1994, Sergei Bondarchuk ranks 35. Before him are Domenico Modugno, Robert Doisneau, George Peppard, André Michel Lwoff, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, and Henry Mancini. After him are Gian Maria Volonté, Marija Gimbutas, Juvénal Habyarimana, Pierre Boulle, Niels Kaj Jerne, and Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia.
Others Born in 1920
Go to all RankingsZecharia Sitchin
WRITER
1920 - 2010
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 29
Fritz Walter
SOCCER PLAYER
1920 - 2002
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 30
Clarice Lispector
WRITER
1920 - 1977
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 31
Montgomery Clift
ACTOR
1920 - 1966
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 32
Walter Matthau
ACTOR
1920 - 2000
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 33
Douglass North
ECONOMIST
1920 - 2015
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 34
Sergei Bondarchuk
FILM DIRECTOR
1920 - 1994
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 35
John Demjanjuk
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1920 - 2012
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 36
Alberto Sordi
ACTOR
1920 - 2003
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 37
Ravi Shankar
MUSICIAN
1920 - 2012
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 38
Sun Myung Moon
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1920 - 2012
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 39
Gunnar Gren
SOCCER PLAYER
1920 - 1991
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 40
Kaysone Phomvihane
POLITICIAN
1920 - 1992
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 41
Others Deceased in 1994
Go to all RankingsDomenico Modugno
SINGER
1928 - 1994
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 29
Robert Doisneau
PHOTOGRAPHER
1912 - 1994
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 30
George Peppard
ACTOR
1928 - 1994
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 31
André Michel Lwoff
BIOLOGIST
1902 - 1994
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 32
Richard Laurence Millington Synge
CHEMIST
1914 - 1994
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 33
Henry Mancini
COMPOSER
1924 - 1994
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 34
Sergei Bondarchuk
FILM DIRECTOR
1920 - 1994
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 35
Gian Maria Volonté
ACTOR
1933 - 1994
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 36
Marija Gimbutas
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1921 - 1994
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 37
Juvénal Habyarimana
POLITICIAN
1937 - 1994
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 38
Pierre Boulle
WRITER
1912 - 1994
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 39
Niels Kaj Jerne
PHYSICIAN
1911 - 1994
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 40
Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1994
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 41
In Ukraine
Among people born in Ukraine, Sergei Bondarchuk ranks 101 out of 1,365. Before him are Trofim Lysenko (1898), Edward Rydz-Śmigły (1886), Marie Bashkirtseff (1858), Andriy Shevchenko (1976), Reinhold Glière (1874), and Roman Shukhevych (1907). After him are John Demjanjuk (1920), Nestor the Chronicler (1056), Karol Szymanowski (1882), Lev Shestov (1866), Yevgeny Primakov (1929), and Gregory Skovoroda (1722).
Others born in Ukraine
Go to all RankingsTrofim Lysenko
BIOLOGIST
1898 - 1976
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 95
Edward Rydz-Śmigły
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1941
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 96
Marie Bashkirtseff
PAINTER
1858 - 1884
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 97
Andriy Shevchenko
SOCCER PLAYER
1976 - Present
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 98
Reinhold Glière
COMPOSER
1874 - 1956
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 99
Roman Shukhevych
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1907 - 1950
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 100
Sergei Bondarchuk
FILM DIRECTOR
1920 - 1994
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 101
John Demjanjuk
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1920 - 2012
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 102
Nestor the Chronicler
WRITER
1056 - 1106
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 103
Karol Szymanowski
COMPOSER
1882 - 1937
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 104
Lev Shestov
PHILOSOPHER
1866 - 1938
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 105
Yevgeny Primakov
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2015
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 106
Gregory Skovoroda
WRITER
1722 - 1794
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 107
Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ukraine
Among film directors born in Ukraine, Sergei Bondarchuk ranks 2. Before him are Andrzej Żuławski (1940). After him are Alexander Dovzhenko (1894), Otto Preminger (1905), Anatole Litvak (1902), Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1922), Maya Deren (1917), Larisa Shepitko (1938), Richard Boleslawski (1889), Grigori Kozintsev (1905), Grigory Chukhray (1921), and Yuri Ilyenko (1936).
Andrzej Żuławski
1940 - 2016
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 1
Sergei Bondarchuk
1920 - 1994
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 2
Alexander Dovzhenko
1894 - 1956
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 3
Otto Preminger
1905 - 1986
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 4
Anatole Litvak
1902 - 1974
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 5
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
1922 - 2007
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 6
Maya Deren
1917 - 1961
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 7
Larisa Shepitko
1938 - 1979
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 8
Richard Boleslawski
1889 - 1937
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 9
Grigori Kozintsev
1905 - 1973
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 10
Grigory Chukhray
1921 - 2001
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 11
Yuri Ilyenko
1936 - 2010
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 12