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 81,264 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 81k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Vicente Arandas by language

Over the past year Vicente Aranda has had the most page views in the with 16,764 views, followed by English (8,165), and French (4,514). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (170.23%), Esperanto (108.50%), and Basque (72.27%)

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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Filmography

Lumière and Company
Director
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Dec 20o 19956.3 / 10
The Blood Spattered Bride
Director
A young newlywed woman begins to have disturbing nightmares just after settling into the old mansion that has belonged to her husband's family for centuries. When her sinister dreams come true, the innocent bride is caught in a maddening maze of unspeakable horrors.
Sep 30o 19725.9 / 10
Mad Love
Director
The tragic fate of Juana I of Castille, Queen of Spain, madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Felipe el Hermoso, Archduke of Austria.
Sep 28o 20016 / 10