1956 - Today
Walter Moreira Salles Júnior (; born 12 April 1956) is a Brazilian filmmaker. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Salles has received more than 310,497 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Walter Salles is the 616th most popular film director (up from 648th in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 282nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Film Director.
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Among film directors, Walter Salles ranks 616 out of 1,581. Before him are Lawrence Kasdan, Jörn Donner, Carmine Gallone, Matthew Vaughn, Grigory Chukhray, and Keisuke Kinoshita. After him are Robert Stevenson, Giovanni Pastrone, Paul Mazursky, Shirin Neshat, Ann Hui, and Steven Knight.
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 610
1933 - 2020
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 611
1885 - 1973
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 612
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 613
1921 - 2001
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 614
1912 - 1998
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 615
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 616
1905 - 1986
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 617
1883 - 1959
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 618
1930 - 2014
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 619
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 620
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 621
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 622
Among people born in 1956, Walter Salles ranks 141. Before him are Franky Vercauteren, Douglas Preston, Afric Simone, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Kenny G, and Vladimir Lisin. After him are Andrius Kubilius, Pim Verbeek, Park Won-soon, Mirek Topolánek, Tim Russ, and Artur Mas.
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 135
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 136
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 137
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 138
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 139
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 140
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 141
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 142
1956 - 2019
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 143
1956 - 2020
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 144
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 145
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 146
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 147
Among people born in Brazil, Walter Salles ranks 257 out of 2,067. Before him are Jaime Lerner (1937), Bauer (1925), Carlos Mozer (1960), Luís Carlos Prestes (1898), Carlos Luz (1894), and Zilda Arns (1934). After him are Bernardo Rezende (1959), Moacir Claudino Pinto (1936), Evaristo de Macedo (1933), Ruy Barbosa (1849), Roberto Moreno (1959), and Delfim Moreira (1868).
1937 - 2021
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 251
1925 - 2007
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 252
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 253
1898 - 1990
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 254
1894 - 1961
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 255
1934 - 2010
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 256
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 257
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 258
1936 - Present
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 259
1933 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 260
1849 - 1923
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 261
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 262
1868 - 1920
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 263
Among film directors born in Brazil, Walter Salles ranks 3. Before him are Fernando Meirelles (1955) and Glauber Rocha (1939). After him are Alberto Cavalcanti (1897), Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1928), José Padilha (1967), Bruno Barreto (1955), and Carlos Saldanha (1965).
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 1
1939 - 1981
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 2
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 3
1897 - 1982
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 4
1928 - 2018
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 5
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 6
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 7
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 8