1935 - 2012
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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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.
1954 - Present
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 50
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 51
1902 - 1981
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 52
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 53
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 54
1928 - 2000
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 55
1935 - 2012
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 56
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 57
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 58
1952 - Present
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 59
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 60
1961 - 2018
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 61
1903 - 1963
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 62
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.
1935 - 2023
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 13
1935 - Present
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 14
1935 - Present
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 15
1935 - 2023
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 16
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 17
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 18
1935 - 2012
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 19
1935 - 2003
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 20
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 21
1935 - 2011
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 22
1935 - 1958
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 23
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 24
1935 - 2005
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 25
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 5
1963 - 2012
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 6
1916 - 2012
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 7
1917 - 2012
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 8
1923 - 2012
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 9
1957 - 2012
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 10
1935 - 2012
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 11
1941 - 2012
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 12
1948 - 2012
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 13
1909 - 2012
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 14
1915 - 2012
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 15
1917 - 2012
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 16
1952 - 2012
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 17
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).
1789 - 1848
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 102
371 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 103
395 BC - 350 BC
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 104
1192 - 1254
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 105
625 BC - 595 BC
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 106
14 BC - 33
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 107
1935 - 2012
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 108
13 - 107
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 109
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 110
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 111
291 - 304
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 112
1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 113
600 BC - 515 BC
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 114
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).
1935 - 2012
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 2
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 3
1926 - 2017
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 4
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 5
1966 - Present
HPI: 35.88
Rank: 6
1962 - Present
HPI: 33.54
Rank: 7