FILM DIRECTOR

Jean Epstein

1897 - 1953

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Jean Epstein (French: [ʒɑ̃ ɛpʃtajn]; 25 March 1897 – 2 April 1953) was a French filmmaker, film theorist, literary critic, and novelist. Although he is remembered today primarily for his adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher, he directed three dozen films and was an influential critic of literature and film from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He is often associated with French Impressionist Cinema and the concept of photogénie. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Epstein is the 263rd most popular film director (up from 270th in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from Poland (down from 315th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Polish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jean Epstein ranks 263 out of 2,041. Before him are Peter Bogdanovich, John Sturges, Mike Nichols, Sven Nykvist, Jane Campion, and Roger Corman. After him are Gus Van Sant, Claude Sautet, Rouben Mamoulian, Douglas Sirk, Jerzy Stuhr, and Gojko Mitić.

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Among people born in 1897, Jean Epstein ranks 78. Before him are Karl Löwith, Bernard Lyot, Sidney Bechet, Philippe Soupault, Ana Aslan, and Lester B. Pearson. After him are Tarjei Vesaas, Rouben Mamoulian, Douglas Sirk, Carl Oberg, Judith Anderson, and Winifred Wagner. Among people deceased in 1953, Jean Epstein ranks 44. Before him are Tazio Nuvolari, Richard von Mises, Johan Laidoner, Margaret Bondfield, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, and Bill Tilden. After him are Hugo Schmeisser, John Christie, Noe Zhordania, Moïse Kisling, Mary Anderson, and Nobutake Kondō.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jean Epstein ranks 317 out of 1,694. Before him are Ryszard Kaczorowski (1919), Józef Bem (1794), Ida Haendel (1928), Jan Karski (1914), Lilli Palmer (1914), and Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (1845). After him are Jerzy Stuhr (1947), Zvi Zamir (1925), Viktor Ullmann (1898), Casimir II the Just (1138), Stefan Czarniecki (1599), and Artur Schnabel (1882).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Poland

Among film directors born in Poland, Jean Epstein ranks 10. Before him are Dziga Vertov (1896), Fred Zinnemann (1907), Jerzy Grotowski (1933), Agnieszka Holland (1948), Jerzy Skolimowski (1938), and Robert Wiene (1873). After him are Jerzy Stuhr (1947), Krzysztof Zanussi (1939), Walerian Borowczyk (1923), Paweł Pawlikowski (1957), Jerzy Hoffman (1932), and Andrzej Munk (1921).

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