FILM DIRECTOR

Theo Angelopoulos

1935 - 2012

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Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos (Greek: Θεόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος; (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 506,499 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Theo Angelopoulos is the 69th most popular film director (down from 56th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Greece (down from 108th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Theo Angelopoulos ranks 69 out of 2,041. Before him are Claude Chabrol, Sergei Parajanov, Robert Zemeckis, Éric Rohmer, David Cronenberg, and Chuck Jones. After him are Dziga Vertov, Frank Capra, Christopher Nolan, Ernst Lubitsch, Jean-Jacques Annaud, and Alain Resnais.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Theo Angelopoulos ranks 25. Before him are Julie Andrews, Omar Sívori, Omar Bongo, Faisal II of Iraq, Fairuz, and Luis Suárez. After him are Edward Said, John Cazale, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Sylvia Earle, William Friedkin, and Gherman Titov. Among people deceased in 2012, Theo Angelopoulos ranks 16. Before him are Rita Levi-Montalcini, Tony Scott, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jon Lord, Eric Hobsbawm, and Elinor Ostrom. After him are George Tupou V, Sylvia Kristel, Roger Garaudy, Carroll Shelby, Ernest Borgnine, and Donna Summer.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Theo Angelopoulos ranks 121 out of 1,024. Before him are Pittacus of Mytilene (-650), Quintus Curtius Rufus (41), Lysias (-445), Phryne (-371), John III Doukas Vatatzes (1192), and Cratylus (-500). After him are Parmenion (-400), Oruç Reis (1473), Critias (-460), Mardonius (-600), Callicrates (-470), and Prodicus (-460).

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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), Şerif Gören (1944), Nikos Koundouros (1926), Athina Rachel Tsangari (1966), and Phedon Papamichael (1962).

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