FILM DIRECTOR

Georges Lautner

1926 - 2013

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Georges Lautner (French: [lotnɛʁ]; 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard. Lautner's ventures into other genres were less successful though the thriller Le Professionnel starring Jean-Paul Belmondo was a big commercial hit in France in 1981. He was born in Nice, the son of actress Renée Saint-Cyr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Lautner is the 568th most popular film director (down from 566th in 2019), the 3,098th most popular biography from France (down from 3,059th in 2019) and the 85th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Georges Lautner ranks 568 out of 2,041. Before him are Marcel L'Herbier, Uli Edel, Michael Ritchie, Sergei Yutkevich, Rob Cohen, and Yakov Protazanov. After him are Henry Koster, Charles Barton, Grigori Kozintsev, David Chase, Giovanni Pastrone, and Damien Chazelle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Georges Lautner ranks 196. Before him are Judith Malina, Ivica Horvat, Ingrid Haebler, George Rhoden, Wolfgang Iser, and Michael Bond. After him are Klaus Tennstedt, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Mahasweta Devi, Choi Eun-hee, and Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo. Among people deceased in 2013, Georges Lautner ranks 170. Before him are Pietro Mennea, Yury Yakovlev, S. N. Goenka, Manolo Escobar, Lothar Bisky, and Julien Ries. After him are Bill Foulkes, Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Zao Wou-Ki, Ronnie Biggs, Tom Sharpe, and Heinz Flohe.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Lautner ranks 3,098 out of 6,770. Before him are Laurent Cassegrain (1629), Othon Friesz (1879), Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle (1710), Lucien Tesnière (1893), André Caplet (1878), and Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788). After him are George Onslow (1784), Claude François de Malet (1754), Lucien Quélet (1832), Louise Weiss (1893), Edita Piekha (1937), and Philip I of Namur (1174).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Georges Lautner ranks 85. Before him are Ariane Mnouchkine (1939), André Hunebelle (1896), René Laloux (1929), Ferdinand Zecca (1864), Michel Audiard (1920), and Marcel L'Herbier (1888). After him are Gérard Krawczyk (1953), Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1932), Robert Enrico (1931), Jean-Daniel Cadinot (1944), Maurice Tourneur (1876), and Paul Grimault (1905).

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