1961 - Today
Sion Sono (園 子温, Sono Shion, born December 18, 1961) is a Japanese filmmaker, author, and poet. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sion Sono has received more than 924,300 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Sion Sono is the 719th most popular film director (up from 891st in 2019), the 949th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,044th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Japanese Film Director.
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Among film directors, Sion Sono ranks 719 out of 1,581. Before him are Benjamin Christensen, Matt Reeves, Baz Luhrmann, Sergei Gerasimov, Baltasar Kormákur, and Phillip Noyce. After him are Karel Lamač, Erik Balling, Robert Z. Leonard, Sergei Bodrov, András Kovács, and Rosa von Praunheim.
1879 - 1959
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 713
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 714
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 715
1906 - 1985
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 716
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 717
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 718
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 719
1897 - 1952
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 720
1924 - 2005
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 721
1889 - 1968
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 722
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 723
1925 - 2017
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 724
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 725
Among people born in 1961, Sion Sono ranks 136. Before him are Andrey Kurkov, Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Timur Bekmambetov, Ronnie Brunswijk, Kazuki Takahashi, and Vladimir Potanin. After him are Eugenio Derbez, Phil Campbell, Veselin Vujović, Alexander Bard, Juha Sipilä, and Dragiša Binić.
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 130
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 131
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 132
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 133
1961 - 2022
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 134
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 135
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 136
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 137
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 138
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 139
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 140
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 141
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 142
Among people born in Japan, Sion Sono ranks 949 out of 6,048. Before him are Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), Megumi Hayashibara (1967), Sekiryo Kaneda (1901), Shinji Kagawa (1989), Kenji Kawai (1957), and Peter Shirayanagi (1928). After him are Koichi Tanaka (1959), Shigesato Itoi (1948), Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Ichiro Suzuki (1973), Uchida Kōsai (1865), and Akira Ifukube (1914).
1726 - 1793
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 943
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 944
1901 - 1949
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 945
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 946
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 947
1928 - 2009
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 948
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 949
1959 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 950
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 951
1903 - 1930
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 952
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 953
1865 - 1936
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 954
1914 - 2006
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 955
Among film directors born in Japan, Sion Sono ranks 35. Before him are Osamu Dezaki (1943), Juzo Itami (1933), Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), and Gorō Miyazaki (1967). After him are Shinobu Hashimoto (1918), Yasushi Akimoto (1958), Tadashi Imai (1912), Kihachi Okamoto (1924), Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), and Kei Kumai (1930).
1943 - 2011
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 29
1933 - 1997
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 30
1912 - 1998
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 31
1924 - 1986
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 32
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 33
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 34
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 35
1918 - 2018
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 36
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 37
1912 - 1991
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 38
1924 - 2005
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 39
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 40
1930 - 2007
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 41