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Ariane Mnouchkine

1939 - Today

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Ariane Mnouchkine (French: [aʁjan nuʃkin]; born 3 March 1939) is a French stage director. She founded the Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble Théâtre du Soleil in 1964. She wrote and directed 1789 (1974) and Molière (1978), and directed La Nuit Miraculeuse (1989). She holds a Chair of Artistic Creation at the Collège de France, an Honorary Degree in Performing Arts from the University of Rome III, awarded in 2005 and an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Oxford University, awarded 18 June 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ariane Mnouchkine is the 531st most popular film director (down from 437th in 2019), the 2,919th most popular biography from France (down from 2,474th in 2019) and the 79th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ariane Mnouchkine ranks 531 out of 2,041. Before her are John Milius, Claude Autant-Lara, Carlo Lizzani, Shirin Neshat, Taylor Hackford, and Zoltán Fábri. After her are Philip Kaufman, Shin Sang-ok, André Delvaux, Lee Chang-dong, Peter Yates, and Derek Jarman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ariane Mnouchkine ranks 194. Before her are Vladimir Durković, Takako Shimazu, Glauber Rocha, Yves Meyer, Carlos do Carmo, and Jorge Paulo Lemann. After her are Irenaios, Dezső Novák, Czesław Niemen, Ileana Cotrubaș, William Devane, and Pilar Bardem.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ariane Mnouchkine ranks 2,919 out of 6,770. Before her are Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1809), Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797), Jean Carmet (1920), Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve (1756), Maryan Wisniewski (1937), and Michel Corrette (1707). After her are Édouard André (1840), Benjamin Godard (1849), Christophe Galtier (1966), Hildebert (1056), Vernon Dobtcheff (1934), and Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac (1778).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Ariane Mnouchkine ranks 79. Before her are Alain Corneau (1943), André Cayatte (1909), Yves Allégret (1907), Louis Feuillade (1873), Michel Gondry (1963), and Claude Autant-Lara (1901). After her are André Hunebelle (1896), René Laloux (1929), Ferdinand Zecca (1864), Michel Audiard (1920), Marcel L'Herbier (1888), and Georges Lautner (1926).

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