FILM DIRECTOR

Ferdinand Zecca

1864 - 1947

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Ferdinand Zecca (19 February 1864 – 23 March 1947) was a pioneer French film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter. He worked primarily for the Pathé company, first in artistic endeavors then in administration of the internationally based company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Zecca is the 553rd most popular film director (down from 532nd in 2019), the 3,023rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,898th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ferdinand Zecca ranks 553 out of 2,041Before him are André Hunebelle, Juraj Jakubisko, László Benedek, René Laloux, Gorō Miyazaki, and Kim Jee-woon. After him are Delmer Daves, Osamu Dezaki, Gene Deitch, Michel Audiard, Tonino Delli Colli, and Martin Brest.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Ferdinand Zecca ranks 88Before him are Alejandro Lerroux, Stefan Żeromski, Ante Trumbić, Herman Gorter, Eemil Nestor Setälä, and Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman. After him are José Gregorio Hernández, Ricarda Huch, Michael Mayr, Tsuda Umeko, Adolf Wölfli, and Marguerite Durand. Among people deceased in 1947, Ferdinand Zecca ranks 108Before him are Andrei Shkuro, Carl Hilpert, Ludwig Kübler, Lyuh Woon-hyung, Marie Belloc Lowndes, and Petar Živković. After him are Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Ricarda Huch, Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, Anton Schall, Gyula Károlyi, and Ivan Regen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ferdinand Zecca ranks 3,023 out of 6,770Before him are Antoine de Jussieu (1686), Olivier Panis (1966), Jacques Babinet (1794), Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1836), Roger Walkowiak (1927), and Eugène Schneider (1805). After him are Claude Bolling (1930), Pierre Attaingnant (1494), Decentius (300), Jean-Jacques Henner (1829), Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau (1760), and Adolf Wagner (1890).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Ferdinand Zecca ranks 82Before him are Louis Feuillade (1873), Michel Gondry (1963), Claude Autant-Lara (1901), Ariane Mnouchkine (1939), André Hunebelle (1896), and René Laloux (1929). After him are Michel Audiard (1920), Marcel L'Herbier (1888), Georges Lautner (1926), Gérard Krawczyk (1953), Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1932), and Robert Enrico (1931).