FILM DIRECTOR

Alain Corneau

1943 - 2010

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Alain Corneau (7 August 1943 – 30 August 2010) was a French film director and writer. Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work with the actor Yves Montand, with whom he would collaborate three times later in his career, including Police Python 357 (1976) and La Menace (1977). He directed Gérard Depardieu in the screen adaptation of Tous les matins du monde in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alain Corneau is the 491st most popular film director (up from 533rd in 2019), the 2,758th most popular biography from France (up from 2,899th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alain Corneau ranks 491 out of 2,041. Before him are Claude Zidi, Lindsay Anderson, Pierre Woodman, Andre DeToth, Gérard Oury, and Yoshiyuki Tomino. After him are Walter Ruttmann, Alessandro Blasetti, André Cayatte, Umberto Lenzi, Sam Wood, and Yves Allégret.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Alain Corneau ranks 229. Before him are James Turrell, Inna Churikova, Paul Michael Glaser, Dragan Nikolić, Alfio Basile, and Murtaz Khurtsilava. After him are Giovanni Goria, Joyce Meyer, Barry Manilow, Dick Taylor, Mike Ratledge, and Georgi Asparuhov. Among people deceased in 2010, Alain Corneau ranks 119. Before him are Alexander McQueen, Solomon Burke, Nasr Abu Zayd, Philippa Foot, Vladimir Ilyushin, and Girija Prasad Koirala. After him are Jonathan Motzfeldt, Steingrímur Hermannsson, Luigi Poggi, Fud Leclerc, José Torres, and Rasim Delić.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Corneau ranks 2,758 out of 6,770. Before him are Leodegar (616), Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825), Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1722), Bayezid Osman (1924), Mirra Alfassa (1878), and Auguste Serrurier (1857). After him are Hugo Lloris (1986), Louis, Duke of Montpensier (1513), Charles Lecocq (1832), Léa Seydoux (1985), Henri Tresca (1814), and Henri Masson (1872).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Alain Corneau ranks 73. Before him are André Téchiné (1943), Patrice Leconte (1947), Maurice Pialat (1925), Claude Zidi (1934), Pierre Woodman (1963), and Gérard Oury (1919). After him are André Cayatte (1909), Yves Allégret (1907), Louis Feuillade (1873), Michel Gondry (1963), Claude Autant-Lara (1901), and Ariane Mnouchkine (1939).

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