FILM DIRECTOR

Tony Gatlif

1948 - Today

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Tony Gatlif (born as Michel Dahmani, 10 September 1948) is a French film director of Romani ethnicity who also works as a screenwriter, composer, actor, and producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Gatlif has received more than 197,717 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Tony Gatlif is the 399th most popular film director (up from 443rd in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Algeria (up from 65th in 2019) and the most popular Algerian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tony Gatlif ranks 399 out of 2,041. Before him are Ishirō Honda, Luigi Comencini, Mervyn LeRoy, John McTiernan, Gene Deitch, and Karel Reisz. After him are Jerzy Kawalerowicz, James L. Brooks, Russ Meyer, Claire Denis, Alberto Lattuada, and Kaneto Shindo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Tony Gatlif ranks 162. Before him are Jayalalithaa, Frans de Waal, Bill Ward, Raymond Leo Burke, Marcia Barrett, and Roger Williamson. After him are Valeri Kharlamov, Wang Qishan, Devlet Bahçeli, Bonnie Bedelia, Catherine Breillat, and Jim Carter.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Tony Gatlif ranks 62 out of 213. Before him are Ahmad al-Tijani (1735), Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi (1787), Mohammed Dib (1920), Adherbal (-200), Isaac Alfasi (1013), and Al-Busiri (1213). After him are Paul Masson (1876), Djamila Bouhired (1935), Ali Kafi (1928), Gaston Julia (1893), Lakhdar Brahimi (1934), and Roger Hanin (1925).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Algeria

Among film directors born in Algeria, Tony Gatlif ranks 1. After him are Thelma Schoonmaker (1940), Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (1934), and Kad Merad (1964).

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Filmography

The Crazy Stranger
Director
A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.
Aug 10o 19977.5 / 10
Journey from Greece
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Djam, a young Greek woman, is sent to Istanbul by her uncle Kakourgos, a former sailor with a passion for Rebetiko, to find a rare part that will repair their boat. In Istanbul, she encounters Avril, a nineteen-year-old French girl, alone and without any money, who came to Turkey as a voluntary worker with refugees. Djam, generous, cheeky, unpredictable, and free-spirited, takes Avril under her wing on the way to Mytilene. A journey filled with encounters, music, sharing, and hope.
Aug 9o 20176.3 / 10
Exiles
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One day Zano suggest a crazy idea to his companion Naïma: travel across France and Spain down to Algeria, where they might ultimately come to know the land their parents once had to flee.
May 19o 20045.9 / 10