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FILM DIRECTOR

Theo Angelopoulos

1935 - 2012

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Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos (Greek: Θεόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος, pronounced [ˌændʒəˈlɒpəlɒs]; 27 April 1935 – 24 January 2012) was a Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. He dominated the Greek art film industry from 1975 on, and Angelopoulos was one of the most influential and widely respected filmmakers in the world. He started making films in 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theo Angelopoulos has received more than 464,084 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Theo Angelopoulos is the 56th most popular film director (down from 54th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Greece (down from 103rd in 2019) and the most popular Greek Film Director.

Theo Angelopoulos is a Greek filmmaker who is most famous for his long, slow, and meandering films that are often set in rural Greece.

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  • 68.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Theo Angelopoulos ranks 56 out of 1,581. Before him are Emir Kusturica, Takeshi Kitano, William Wyler, Brian De Palma, Sydney Pollack, and Roger Vadim. After him are Werner Herzog, Isao Takahata, Robert Zemeckis, Oliver Stone, Stephen Hillenburg, and Yasujirō Ozu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Theo Angelopoulos ranks 19. Before him are Luis Suárez, Julie Andrews, Arvo Pärt, Kenzaburō Ōe, Erich von Däniken, and Michel Aoun. After him are Edward Said, Isao Takahata, Ágota Kristóf, Faisal II of Iraq, Fairuz, and Omar Sívori. Among people deceased in 2012, Theo Angelopoulos ranks 11. Before him are Ray Bradbury, Whitney Houston, Ahmed Ben Bella, Eric Hobsbawm, Carroll Shelby, and Michael Clarke Duncan. After him are Jon Lord, George Tupou V, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Yitzhak Shamir, Ernest Borgnine, and Sylvia Kristel.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Theo Angelopoulos ranks 108 out of 936. Before him are Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1789), Phryne (-371), Scopas (-395), John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), Necho II (-625), and Agrippina the Elder (-14). After him are Saint Titus (13), Arion (-700), Lysias (-445), Philomena (291), Eleftherios Venizelos (1864), and Polycrates (-600).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Greece

Among film directors born in Greece, Theo Angelopoulos ranks 1. After him are Costa-Gavras (1933), Yorgos Lanthimos (1973), Nikos Koundouros (1926), Şerif Gören (1944), Athina Rachel Tsangari (1966), and Phedon Papamichael (1962).

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Filmography

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