FILM DIRECTOR

Vicente Aranda

1926 - 2015

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Vicente Aranda Ezquerra (Spanish: [biˈθente aˈɾanda eθˈkera]; 9 November 1926 – 26 May 2015) was a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. Due to his refined and personal style, he was one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founding member of the Barcelona School of Film and became known for bringing contemporary Spanish novels to life on the big screen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vicente Aranda has received more than 88,292 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Vicente Aranda is the 503rd most popular film director (up from 547th in 2019), the 848th most popular biography from Spain (up from 912th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Spanish Film Director.

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  • 88k

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  • 60.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Vicente Aranda ranks 503 out of 2,041. Before him are Jean-Daniel Cadinot, Jan Troell, Hiroshi Inagaki, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ernst Marischka, and Gleb Panfilov. After him are Marcel Camus, Henry Koster, Michael Apted, John Milius, Alessandro Blasetti, and Lee Chang-dong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Vicente Aranda ranks 162. Before him are Claude Akins, John G. Kemeny, Ernst Ocwirk, Ingrid Haebler, Paul Janssen, and Peter Shaffer. After him are Claudio Villa, Juan Hohberg, Jorge Medina, Paolo Magnani, Konstantin Feoktistov, and Georgi Lozanov. Among people deceased in 2015, Vicente Aranda ranks 131. Before him are Natalie Cole, Diana Douglas, Anne Meara, Aleksei Gubarev, Nigel Terry, and Edgar Froese. After him are Lesley Gore, Ron Clarke, Harald Nielsen, Esther Brand, Doris Hart, and Ernst Fuchs.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Vicente Aranda ranks 848 out of 3,355. Before him are Blas de Lezo (1689), Salvador Sadurní (1941), Bartolomé Carranza (1503), Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (1550), José Millán-Astray (1879), and Sunifred, Count of Barcelona (805). After him are Antonio Cañizares Llovera (1945), Infanta María Amalia of Spain (1779), Joseph Oller (1839), Pilar Bardem (1939), Manolo Escobar (1931), and Lucius Cornelius Balbus (-100).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Spain

Among film directors born in Spain, Vicente Aranda ranks 8. Before him are Pedro Almodóvar (1949), Carlos Saura (1932), Jesús Franco (1930), Víctor Erice (1940), Bigas Luna (1946), and Juan Antonio Bardem (1922). After him are Néstor Almendros (1930), Luis García Berlanga (1921), Segundo de Chomón (1871), Fernando Trueba (1955), Isabel Coixet (1960), and Julio Medem (1958).

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