FILM DIRECTOR

Georges Franju

1912 - 1987

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Georges Franju (French: [ʒɔʁʒ fʁɑ̃ʒy]; 12 April 1912 – 5 November 1987) was a French filmmaker. He was born in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Franju is the 674th most popular film director (down from 616th in 2019), the 3,530th most popular biography from France (down from 3,275th in 2019) and the 95th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Georges Franju ranks 674 out of 2,041. Before him are Steven Zaillian, James Whale, Henri Colpi, Alejandro Amenábar, Erik Balling, and Jim Sheridan. After him are Hamo Beknazarian, João César Monteiro, Andrew Marton, Andrzej Munk, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and Christopher Doyle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Georges Franju ranks 193. Before him are Keisuke Kinoshita, Northrop Frye, Palle Huld, Enrique Fernández Viola, Teddy Wilson, and Carvalho Leite. After him are José Iraragorri, Nie Er, Ioannis Alevras, Vlastimil Kopecký, Eve Arnold, and Heikki A. Alikoski. Among people deceased in 1987, Georges Franju ranks 123. Before him are Adile Naşit, René Lévesque, R. Budd Dwyer, Dmitry Lelyushenko, Claudio Villa, and Rashid Karami. After him are Princess Pilar of Bavaria, Victoria Kent, Tuvia Bielski, Stanisław Szukalski, Patrick Troughton, and Chögyam Trungpa.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Franju ranks 3,530 out of 6,770. Before him are Remigius of Auxerre (841), Adolphe Alphand (1817), Gérard de Villiers (1929), Gustave Trouvé (1839), Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800), and Ingelger (900). After him are Christophe (1945), Wojciech Kossak (1856), Jean Ragnotti (1945), Gérard Grisey (1946), Laetitia Casta (1978), and Déodat de Séverac (1872).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Georges Franju ranks 95. Before him are Jean-Daniel Cadinot (1944), Maurice Tourneur (1876), Paul Grimault (1905), Michel Deville (1931), Michel Hazanavicius (1967), and Claude Miller (1942). After him are Claude Pinoteau (1925), Bruno Nuytten (1945), Benoît Jacquot (1947), Pierre Schoendoerffer (1928), Jean-Pierre Mocky (1933), and Pierre Granier-Deferre (1927).

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