FILM DIRECTOR

Steno

1917 - 1988

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Steno, the artistic name of Stefano Vanzina (19 January 1917 – 13 March 1988), was an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steno has received more than 104,433 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Steno is the 717th most popular film director (down from 638th in 2019), the 2,998th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,703rd in 2019) and the 55th most popular Italian Film Director.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Steno ranks 717 out of 2,041. Before him are Enzo G. Castellari, Jacques Rozier, Dante Ferretti, J. Stuart Blackton, Yasuzo Masumura, and Paul Grimault. After him are Tatyana Lioznova, Charles Vidor, Otakar Vávra, Corey Yuen, Maurice Tourneur, and Jack Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Steno ranks 179. Before him are Abdullah al-Sallal, André Waterkeyn, Yuri Lyubimov, Ilse Steppat, Tetyana Yablonska, and Luigi Poggi. After him are William H. McNeill, Musine Kokalari, Otto Glória, Christiane Rochefort, I Gusti Ngurah Rai, and Oliver Tambo. Among people deceased in 1988, Steno ranks 124. Before him are Herbert Feigl, Nikolay Makarov, Fazlur Rahman Malik, Josep Tarradellas, Michel Auclair, and Anatoly Levchenko. After him are Pete Maravich, Alfréd Wetzler, Ferenc Sas, Siaka Stevens, Yuli Daniel, and Sabino Barinaga.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Steno ranks 2,998 out of 5,161. Before him are Giancarlo Minardi (1947), Arator (500), Gabriele Oriali (1952), Macedonio Melloni (1798), Luigi Poggi (1917), and Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany (950). After him are Adalbert I, Margrave of Tuscany (820), Giovanna Ralli (1935), Giovanni Maria Lancisi (1654), Pietro Bracci (1700), Salamone Rossi (1570), and Domenico Tintoretto (1560).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Steno ranks 55. Before him are Sergio Sollima (1921), Mario Salieri (1957), Bruno Mattei (1931), Mario Camerini (1895), Enzo G. Castellari (1938), and Dante Ferretti (1943). After him are Clyde Geronimi (1901), Pupi Avati (1938), Giuseppe Rotunno (1923), Bruno Bozzetto (1938), Luis Trenker (1892), and Gianni Amelio (1945).

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Filmography

Banana Joe
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Island farmer Banana Joe helps the local community by trading his bananas for goods. When gangsters arrive with plans to construct a banana processing plant, Joe kicks them out, but the mob boss discovers that Joe is operating without a license. After the mob tips off the authorities and Joe's boat is impounded, he ventures into a big city for the first time to seek help.
Mar 24th 19826.667 / 10
Horse Fever
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Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is doubly unlucky: he bets too much on one horse, and his wife is sleeping with his best friend because Mandrake is always at the track. Penniless and cuckolded, Mandrake decides to make one last bet.
Oct 29th 19767.341 / 10
An American in Rome
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Nando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome obsessed with all-things American.
Dec 10th 19547.184 / 10