FILM DIRECTOR

Ulu Grosbard

1929 - 2012

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Israel "Ulu" Grosbard (January 9, 1929 – March 19, 2012) was a Belgian-born, naturalized American theater and film director and film producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ulu Grosbard has received more than 153,302 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ulu Grosbard is the 810th most popular film director (up from 1,020th in 2019), the 518th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 573rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belgian Film Director.

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  • 150k

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  • 50.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ulu Grosbard ranks 810 out of 2,041. Before him are Luis Trenker, Russell Mulcahy, Alain Cavalier, Edgar G. Ulmer, Claude Miller, and Edmund Goulding. After him are Vladimir Gardin, Gulzar, Matthew Vaughn, Ari Folman, Edgar Reitz, and Aleksander Ford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Ulu Grosbard ranks 289. Before him are Bonnie Bartlett, Walter Berry, Antonietta Stella, Cecil Taylor, Paek Nam-sun, and Alla Horska. After him are Héctor Alterio, Hans Clarin, Ernesto Grillo, James Shigeta, Hubert Dreyfus, and Fazlur Rahman Khan. Among people deceased in 2012, Ulu Grosbard ranks 225. Before him are Barry Commoner, Jim Marshall, Pierre Schoendoerffer, Humayun Ahmed, Takeshi Urata, and Claude Miller. After him are Paul Pietsch, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Emmanuel Scheffer, Émile Allais, William Windom, and R. G. Armstrong.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Ulu Grosbard ranks 518 out of 1,190. Before him are Justine Henin (1982), David Ruelle (1935), Ludo Martens (1946), Kate Ryan (1980), Julien Ries (1920), and Walthère Frère-Orban (1812). After him are Charles de Tornaco (1927), Jules Malou (1810), Cécile de France (1975), Sandra Kim (1972), Jean Bourgain (1954), and Henri Coppens (1930).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Belgium

Among film directors born in Belgium, Ulu Grosbard ranks 7. Before him are Agnès Varda (1928), Chantal Akerman (1950), Jacques Feyder (1885), André Delvaux (1926), Jaco Van Dormael (1957), and Raoul Servais (1928). After him are Gérard Corbiau (1941), Benoît Lamy (1945), Felix van Groeningen (1977), Lukas Dhont (1991), and Joachim Lafosse (1975).

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Filmography

The Deep End of the Ocean
Director
A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.
Mar 12th 19996.5 / 10
Falling in Love
Director
During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the train home and have a good time together. Although both are married and Frank has two little kids, they meet more and more often, their friendship becoming the most precious thing in their lives.
Nov 21st 19846.657 / 10
The Miracle Worker
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The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.
May 23rd 19627.8 / 10