FILM DIRECTOR

Elvira Notari

1875 - 1946

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Elvira Notari (born Elvira Coda; 10 February 1875 – 17 December 1946) was an Italian film director, one of the country's early and more prolific female filmmaker. She is credited as the first woman who made over 60 feature films and about 100 shorts and documentaries, quite often writing the subjects and screenplays, inspired by Naples. The Elvira Notari Prize is named after her. She was of modest social origins. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elvira Notari is the 1,367th most popular film director (down from 1,103rd in 2019), the 4,045th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,678th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Italian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Elvira Notari ranks 1,367 out of 2,041. Before her are Paweł Edelman, Adam McKay, Kurt Neumann, Aleksandr Alov, Georgy Tovstonogov, and Usmar Ismail. After her are Peter Hall, Rafael Gil, Clifford Odets, Bent Hamer, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, and Owen Roizman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Elvira Notari ranks 188. Before her are Gunnar Höjer, Isak Saba, Walter Middelberg, Shaqe Çoba, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and José Santos Chocano. After her are Miriam A. Ferguson, Emīls Dārziņš, Eddie Polo, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Alphonzo Bell, and Angeliki Panagiotatou. Among people deceased in 1946, Elvira Notari ranks 210. Before her are Vincent Youmans, Joseph Stella, Booth Tarkington, Adriaan van Maanen, Lucina Hagman, and Paul Nash. After her are Eduard Bass, Florence Fuller, Ivan Moskvin, Florence Turner, George Cloutier, and Mamie Smith.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Elvira Notari ranks 4,046 out of 5,161. Before her are Cristiano Zanetti (1977), Fabrizio Romano (1993), Delfo Bellini (1900), Fabio Lione (1973), Marina Berlusconi (1966), and Senhit (1979). After her are Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia (1967), Domiziana Giordano (1959), In-Grid (1978), Luca Marchegiani (1966), Carlo Mattrel (1937), and Katie Boyle (1926).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Elvira Notari ranks 79. Before her are Gabriele Salvatores (1950), Cristina Comencini (1956), Lorenza Mazzetti (1927), Luciano Emmer (1918), Francesco Maselli (1930), and Matteo Garrone (1968). After her are Marco Tullio Giordana (1950), Carlo Vanzina (1951), Francesca Comencini (1961), Alice Rohrwacher (1981), Gabriele Muccino (1967), and Ettore Giannini (1912).

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