FILM DIRECTOR

Ari Folman

1962 - Today

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Ari Folman (Hebrew: ארי פולמן; born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film Waltz with Bashir (2008) and the live-action/animated film The Congress. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Ari Folman is the 873rd most popular film director (down from 816th in 2024), the 249th most popular biography from Israel (up from 254th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Israeli Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ari Folman ranks 873 out of 2,041. Before him are Barry Jenkins, Steno, Willis H. O'Brien, Raoul Coutard, Ralph Nelson, and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. After him are Bruno Dumont, Esfir Shub, Jean Grémillon, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Gustav Machatý, and Antoine Fuqua.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Ari Folman ranks 207. Before him are José Cura, Nick Rhodes, Natalya Lisovskaya, David Lagercrantz, Stefano Gabbana, and Hironobu Sakaguchi. After him are Branko Đurić, Seiko Matsuda, Michael Ball, Rosie O'Donnell, Quim Torra, and Tomoyasu Asaoka.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Ari Folman ranks 249 out of 466. Before him are Alon Abutbul (1965), Joseph Raz (1939), Gideon Sa'ar (1966), Carmela Corren (1938), Narcissus of Jerusalem (95), and Israel Finkelstein (1949). After him are Yasmin Levy (1975), Avi Wigderson (1956), Benny Morris (1948), Yaakov Neeman (1939), Nir Barkat (1959), and David Deutsch (1953).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Israel

Among film directors born in Israel, Ari Folman ranks 6. Before him are Menahem Golan (1929), Assi Dayan (1945), Amos Gitai (1950), Ralph Bakshi (1938), and Avi Arad (1948). After him are Elia Suleiman (1960), Hany Abu-Assad (1961), Samuel Maoz (1962), Oren Peli (1970), Etan Cohen (1974), and Oren Moverman (1966).

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