FILM DIRECTOR

Albert Capellani

1874 - 1931

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Albert Capellani (23 August 1874 – 26 September 1931) was a French film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed films between 1905 and 1922. One of his brothers was the actor-sculptor Paul Capellani, and another, film director Roger Capellani. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Capellani is the 921st most popular film director (down from 769th in 2019), the 4,206th most popular biography from France (down from 3,779th in 2019) and the 116th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Albert Capellani ranks 921 out of 2,041Before him are Barry Ackroyd, Hasse Ekman, Wayne Wang, Masato Harada, Sergey Obraztsov, and Mimi Leder. After him are Masoud Kimiai, Shinya Tsukamoto, Hideo Nakata, Ol Parker, Juzo Itami, and Kote Marjanishvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Albert Capellani ranks 176Before him are Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, André Gaudin, Penelope Delta, Arthur Meighen, Henri Deloge, and Ernst Streeruwitz. After him are Akaki Chkhenkeli, Hermann Wilker, Eugène Balme, Teresa Feoderovna Ries, Charles William Miller, and José de Amézola y Aspizúa. Among people deceased in 1931, Albert Capellani ranks 116Before him are Alice Pike Barney, Emiliano Figueroa, Konrad Stäheli, William Orpen, Sukhdev Thapar, and Richard Wettstein. After him are Eugen Schmidt, Emilio Aceval, David Belasco, Elsa Laula Renberg, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, and Curt von François.

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In France

Among people born in France, Albert Capellani ranks 4,206 out of 6,770Before him are Michel Subor (1935), Virginie Despentes (1969), Henri Deloge (1874), Jean-Claude Andruet (1940), Annette Messager (1943), and Clémence Royer (1830). After him are Édouard Spach (1801), Carl August von Steinheil (1801), Jean Guillou (1930), Jean Cugnot (1899), Mady Mesplé (1931), and Michel Pécheux (1911).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Albert Capellani ranks 116Before him are Jean Rollin (1938), Jacques Rozier (1926), Robert Guédiguian (1953), Serge Bourguignon (1928), Philippe Rousselot (1945), and Jean Becker (1933). After him are Jean-Marie Poiré (1945), Christophe Gans (1960), Raymond Bernard (1891), Louis Daquin (1908), Michel Boisrond (1921), and Pierre Tchernia (1928).