FILM DIRECTOR

Bernardo Bertolucci

1941 - 2018

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Bernardo Bertolucci ( BUR-tə-LOO-chee; Italian: [berˈnardo bertoˈluttʃi]; 16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved international acclaim. With The Last Emperor (1987) he became the first Italian filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Director, and he received many other accolades including a BAFTA Award, a César Award, two Golden Globes, a Golden Lion in 2007, and an Honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2011. A protégé of Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bertolucci made his directorial debut at 22. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernardo Bertolucci is the 18th most popular film director (up from 24th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Italy (down from 260th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Film Director.

Bernardo Bertolucci is most famous for his work on films such as The Last Emperor, The Dreamers, and 1900.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Bernardo Bertolucci ranks 18 out of 2,041. Before him are D. W. Griffith, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Woody Allen, Pedro Almodóvar, Leni Riefenstahl, and Ridley Scott. After him are Luchino Visconti, Luis Buñuel, Andrei Tarkovsky, Sergio Leone, Francis Ford Coppola, and François Truffaut.

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Among people born in 1941, Bernardo Bertolucci ranks 9. Before him are Hayao Miyazaki, Bob Dylan, Slobodan Milošević, Alex Ferguson, Plácido Domingo, and Sergio Mattarella. After him are Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Cesária Évora, Riccardo Muti, Lee Myung-bak, Fethullah Gülen, and Robert Forster. Among people deceased in 2018, Bernardo Bertolucci ranks 11. Before him are Ursula K. Le Guin, Kofi Annan, Charles Aznavour, Montserrat Caballé, Ingvar Kamprad, and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark. After him are Stan Lee, Miloš Forman, Joe Jackson, John Young, John Sulston, and Peter Grünberg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bernardo Bertolucci ranks 276 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Honorius II (1100), Pope Boniface V (575), Boethius (480), Pope Leo IV (790), Pope Paul II (1417), and Pope Innocent IV (1195). After him are Arcangelo Corelli (1653), Pope Celestine IV (1200), Scipio Africanus (-235), Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625), Luchino Visconti (1906), and Vitus (290).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Bernardo Bertolucci ranks 3. Before him are Federico Fellini (1920), and Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922). After him are Luchino Visconti (1906), Sergio Leone (1929), Michelangelo Antonioni (1912), Vittorio De Sica (1901), Tinto Brass (1933), Roberto Rossellini (1906), Frank Capra (1897), Franco Zeffirelli (1923), and Dario Argento (1940).

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