FILM DIRECTOR

Henri Langlois

1914 - 1977

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Henri Langlois (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi lɑ̃glwa]; 13 November 1914 – 13 January 1977) was a French film archivist and cinephile. A pioneer of film preservation, Langlois was an influential figure in the history of cinema. His film screenings in Paris in the 1950s are often credited with providing the ideas that led to the development of the auteur theory. Langlois was co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française with Georges Franju and Jean Mitry and also co-founder of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) in 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Langlois is the 577th most popular film director (down from 564th in 2019), the 866th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 839th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Turkish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Henri Langlois ranks 577 out of 2,041Before him are Grigori Kozintsev, David Chase, Giovanni Pastrone, Damien Chazelle, Patricio Guzmán, and Boris Barnet. After him are Otakar Vávra, Asghar Farhadi, Arthur Hiller, Moshé Mizrahi, Tom Tykwer, and Dan O'Bannon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Henri Langlois ranks 174Before him are Alojs Andritzki, Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Taisen Deshimaru, Jerry Siegel, Kenny Clarke, and Beatrice Straight. After him are Grigol Abashidze, Ken Annakin, Max Wünsche, Gretel Bergmann, Sándor Képíró, and Toulo de Graffenried. Among people deceased in 1977, Henri Langlois ranks 115Before him are Hanns Martin Schleyer, Son Ngoc Thanh, Delmer Daves, Dietrich von Hildebrand, Alexander Tcherepnin, and Mwambutsa IV of Burundi. After him are Mirzo Tursunzoda, Rudolf Vytlačil, E. F. Schumacher, Lūcija Garūta, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, and Rózsa Péter.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Henri Langlois ranks 866 out of 1,347Before him are Verina (null), Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904), Dorotheus of Tyre (255), Hâfiz Osman (1642), Rusa III (-650), and Aesacus (null). After him are Aristeas (-600), Michael Critobulus (1400), Parthenius of Nicaea (-1), Hierocles (200), Ino Anastasia (600), and Saint Telemachus (301).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Türkiye

Among film directors born in Türkiye, Henri Langlois ranks 5Before him are Elia Kazan (1909), Yılmaz Güney (1937), Henri Verneuil (1920), and Nuri Bilge Ceylan (1959). After him are Sırrı Süreyya Önder (1962), Ferzan Özpetek (1959), Semih Kaplanoğlu (1963), Yılmaz Erdoğan (1967), Yeşim Ustaoğlu (1960), Zeki Demirkubuz (1964), and Deniz Gamze Ergüven (1978).