FILM DIRECTOR

André Delvaux

1926 - 2002

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André Albert Auguste Delvaux (French: [dɛlvo]; 21 March 1926 – 4 October 2002) was a Belgian film director. He co-founded the film school INSAS in 1962 and is regarded as the founder of the Belgian national cinema. Adapting works by writers such as Johan Daisne, Julien Gracq and Marguerite Yourcenar, he received international attention for directing magic realist films. Delvaux received the Louis Delluc Prize for Rendezvous at Bray (1971) and the André Cavens Award for Woman Between Wolf and Dog (1979) and The Abyss (1988). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Delvaux is the 534th most popular film director (up from 573rd in 2019), the 380th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 414th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, André Delvaux ranks 534 out of 2,041. Before him are Shirin Neshat, Taylor Hackford, Zoltán Fábri, Ariane Mnouchkine, Philip Kaufman, and Shin Sang-ok. After him are Lee Chang-dong, Peter Yates, Derek Jarman, Robert Frank, Luis García Berlanga, and George P. Cosmatos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, André Delvaux ranks 185. Before him are Jaba Ioseliani, Paul Janssen, Richard Anderson, Raul Hilberg, Lenny Montana, and Shin Sang-ok. After him are Konstantin Feoktistov, Mieczysław Rakowski, Alfred Körner, Sonja Ziemann, Judith Malina, and Ivica Horvat. Among people deceased in 2002, André Delvaux ranks 115. Before him are Brad Dexter, Eugenio Coșeriu, Joseph Bonanno, Jacques Massu, Jim "Bad News" Barnes, and Igor Ansoff. After him are Franjo Kuharić, Barbara Valentin, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Rosemary Clooney, Ernst Stojaspal, and Yevgeny Svetlanov.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, André Delvaux ranks 380 out of 1,190. Before him are Félix Ravaisson-Mollien (1813), Gaston Reiff (1921), Adriaan van Roomen (1561), Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (1872), Jean Ray (1887), and Stradanus (1523). After him are Giaches de Wert (1535), Franky Vercauteren (1956), Paul Vanden Boeynants (1919), David Teniers the Elder (1582), George Sarton (1884), and Romain Maes (1912).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Belgium

Among film directors born in Belgium, André Delvaux ranks 4. Before him are Agnès Varda (1928), Chantal Akerman (1950), and Jacques Feyder (1885). After him are Jaco Van Dormael (1957), Raoul Servais (1928), Ulu Grosbard (1929), Gérard Corbiau (1941), Benoît Lamy (1945), Felix van Groeningen (1977), Lukas Dhont (1991), and Joachim Lafosse (1975).

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