FILM DIRECTOR

Andrzej Żuławski

1940 - 2016

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Andrzej Żuławski (Polish: [ˈandʐɛj ʐuˈwafskʲi]; 22 November 1940 – 17 February 2016) was a Polish film director and writer best known for his 1981 psychological horror film Possession. Żuławski often went against mainstream commercialism in his films, and enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences. In the late 1950s, he studied cinema in France. His second feature, The Devil (1972), was banned in communist Poland, and Żuławski went to France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrzej Żuławski is the 101st most popular film director (down from 93rd in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Ukraine and the most popular Ukrainian Film Director.

Andrzej Żuławski is a Polish film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his surrealist films, such as "The Devil" (1977), "Possession" (1981), and "L'important c'est d'aimer" (1984).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Andrzej Żuławski ranks 101 out of 2,041. Before him are Dario Argento, Christopher Nolan, Carlos Saura, Richard Attenborough, David Lean, and René Clair. After him are Jacques Audiard, Jacques Tati, Sidney Lumet, Bong Joon-ho, John Huston, and Zhang Yimou.

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Among people born in 1940, Andrzej Żuławski ranks 54. Before him are Óscar Arias, Terry Gilliam, Nancy Sinatra, Dario Argento, Richard Williamson, and Anna Karina. After him are David Koch, Patrick Leahy, Raquel Welch, John Lewis, Paolo Borsellino, and Nancy Pelosi. Among people deceased in 2016, Andrzej Żuławski ranks 43. Before him are Harry Kroto, Carrie Fisher, James Cronin, Gabriele Amorth, Alvin Toffler, and Junko Tabei. After him are Frano Selak, George Kennedy, Vera Rubin, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Reinhard Selten, and Bernardo Provenzano.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Andrzej Żuławski ranks 88 out of 1,365. Before him are Anton Makarenko (1888), Nestor the Chronicler (1056), Irène Némirovsky (1903), Karol Szymanowski (1882), Bruno Schulz (1892), and Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880). After him are Oleg Blokhin (1952), Lev Shestov (1866), Anacharsis (-700), Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884), Karl Radek (1885), and Daniel of Galicia (1201).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ukraine

Among film directors born in Ukraine, Andrzej Żuławski ranks 1. After him are Sergei Bondarchuk (1920), Alexander Dovzhenko (1894), Otto Preminger (1905), Anatole Litvak (1902), Richard Boleslawski (1889), Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1922), Maya Deren (1917), Larisa Shepitko (1938), Grigori Kozintsev (1905), Aleksandr Ptushko (1900), and Les Kurbas (1887).

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