FILM DIRECTOR

Éric Rohmer

1920 - 2010

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Jean Marie Maurice Schérer or Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer (French: [eʁik ʁomɛʁ]; 21 March 1920 – 11 January 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher. Rohmer was the last of the post-World War II French New Wave directors to become established. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Éric Rohmer has received more than 1,032,826 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Éric Rohmer is the 66th most popular film director (down from 47th in 2019), the 550th most popular biography from France (down from 430th in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Film Director.

Éric Rohmer is a French filmmaker who is most famous for his series of romantic comedies.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Éric Rohmers by language

Over the past year Éric Rohmer has had the most page views in the with 152,895 views, followed by French (103,262), and Italian (30,100). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (213.39%), Romanian (124.75%), and Malagasy (118.73%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Éric Rohmer ranks 66 out of 2,041. Before him are Abbas Kiarostami, Stephen Hillenburg, Jacques Tati, Claude Chabrol, Sergei Parajanov, and Robert Zemeckis. After him are David Cronenberg, Chuck Jones, Theo Angelopoulos, Dziga Vertov, Frank Capra, and Christopher Nolan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Éric Rohmer ranks 20. Before him are Melina Mercouri, Gianni Rodari, Frank Herbert, Amália Rodrigues, Boris Vian, and Traudl Junge. After him are Richard von Weizsäcker, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Charlie Parker, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Helmut Newton, and Nicolaas Bloembergen. Among people deceased in 2010, Éric Rohmer ranks 12. Before him are Tony Curtis, Ronnie James Dio, Benoit Mandelbrot, Bobby Farrell, Dennis Hopper, and Claude Chabrol. After him are Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Georges Charpak, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Maurice Allais, and Vasily Smyslov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Éric Rohmer ranks 550 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Chabrol (1930), Lothair of France (941), Étienne de La Boétie (1530), Marguerite de Navarre (1492), Michel Piccoli (1925), and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814). After him are Jules Michelet (1798), René Laennec (1781), France Gall (1947), Gustave Caillebotte (1848), Louise de La Vallière (1644), and Maurice Utrillo (1883).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Éric Rohmer ranks 9. Before him are Jean-Luc Godard (1930), Georges Méliès (1861), Roger Vadim (1928), Luc Besson (1959), Jacques Tati (1907), and Claude Chabrol (1930). After him are Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Alain Resnais (1922), William Wyler (1902), Robert Bresson (1901), René Clair (1898), and Marcel Carné (1906).

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Filmography

My Night at Maud's
Director
The rigid principles of a devout Catholic man are challenged during a one-night stay with Maud, a divorced woman with an outsize personality.
Jun 4o 19697.7 / 10
Claire's Knee
Director
On the eve of his wedding, on holiday on the Lake Annecy shore, a career diplomat visits an old acquaintance, perhaps a former girlfriend. Through her he meets an intense teenager, Laura, and then lusts after her sister, Claire. Whilst Laura attempts to flirt with him, his fantasy becomes focused on wanting to caress Claire's knee.
Dec 11o 19707.3 / 10
The Green Ray
Director
A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation.
Aug 29o 19867.435 / 10