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FILM DIRECTOR

Walter Salles

1956 - Today

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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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  • 310k

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  • 51.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Walter Salles ranks 616 out of 1,581Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Walter Salles ranks 141Before 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.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Walter Salles ranks 257 out of 2,067Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Brazil

Among film directors born in Brazil, Walter Salles ranks 3Before 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).

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