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Claude Zidi

1934 - Today

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Claude Zidi (born 25 July 1934) is a French film director and screenwriter. From 1971, he became known as a director of comedies, the majority of which were box-office hits in France. He was one of France's most commercially successful directors between the 1970s and the 1990s. In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Director for his film My New Partner (Les Ripoux). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Zidi is the 485th most popular film director (down from 419th in 2019), the 2,695th most popular biography from France (down from 2,374th in 2019) and the 70th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Claude Zidi ranks 485 out of 2,041. Before him are Delbert Mann, Neil Jordan, Maurice Pialat, Norman Taurog, Tom McCarthy, and Ladislao Vajda. After him are Lindsay Anderson, Pierre Woodman, Andre DeToth, Gérard Oury, Yoshiyuki Tomino, and Alain Corneau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Claude Zidi ranks 168. Before him are Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Victor French, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Lakhdar Brahimi, Linda Cristal, and Jacques Loussier. After him are Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Pierre Clastres, Eileen Atkins, Leonard Kleinrock, Freddie King, and Gennadiy Aygi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Zidi ranks 2,695 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Loussier (1934), Michel Constantin (1924), Charles de Bourbon (1523), Michel Petrucciani (1962), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), and Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716). After him are Felice Pasquale Baciocchi (1762), Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (1629), Auguste Chevalier (1873), Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans (1328), Christophe Pierre (1946), and Emanuel Ungaro (1933).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Claude Zidi ranks 70. Before him are Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946), Aleksandar Petrović (1929), Philippe Garrel (1948), André Téchiné (1943), Patrice Leconte (1947), and Maurice Pialat (1925). After him are Pierre Woodman (1963), Gérard Oury (1919), Alain Corneau (1943), André Cayatte (1909), Yves Allégret (1907), and Louis Feuillade (1873).

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