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Jean Rollin

1938 - 2010

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Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil (3 November 1938 – 15 December 2010) was a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his work in the fantastique genre. Rollin's career, spanning over fifty years, featured early short films and his achievements with his first four vampire classics Le viol du vampire (1968), La vampire nue (1970), Le frisson des vampires (1970), and Requiem pour un vampire (1971). Rollin's subsequent notable works include La rose de fer (1973), Lèvres de sang (1975), Les raisins de la mort (1978), Fascination (1979), and La morte vivante (1982). His films are noted for their exquisite, if mostly static, cinematography, off-kilter plot progression, poetic dialogue, playful surrealism and recurrent use of well-constructed female lead characters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Rollin is the 879th most popular film director (down from 615th in 2019), the 4,065th most popular biography from France (down from 3,271st in 2019) and the 110th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jean Rollin ranks 879 out of 2,041. Before him are Jean Grémillon, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Gustav Machatý, Antoine Fuqua, Luis Puenzo, and Shinobu Hashimoto. After him are Helma Sanders-Brahms, Lev Atamanov, Todd Haynes, Jacques Rozier, Robert Guédiguian, and Bruno Bozzetto.

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Among people born in 1938, Jean Rollin ranks 346. Before him are François Heutte, Jean-Claude Mézières, Richard Anthony, Durdy Bayramov, Jon Sobrino, and Manuel Blum. After him are Pedro Zaballa, Rafael Osuna, Bruno Bozzetto, Norbert Ratsirahonana, Frans van der Lugt, and Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi. Among people deceased in 2010, Jean Rollin ranks 243. Before him are Robert Byrd, Dixie Carter, Nelly Landry, Jamie Gillis, Stephen J. Cannell, and Abbey Lincoln. After him are Dario Mangiarotti, Guy Lapébie, Mary Daly, José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, Galimzyan Khusainov, and Jimmy Gardner.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Rollin ranks 4,065 out of 6,770. Before him are François Cavanna (1923), Odette Bancilhon (1908), Eugénie Cotton (1881), Simonne Mathieu (1908), Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber (1924), and Mary of Avesnes (1280). After him are Marie-Jeanne de Lalande (1768), Bernard Genghini (1958), Daniel Morelon (1944), Abel Bonnard (1883), Harry Baur (1880), and Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui (1798).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jean Rollin ranks 110. Before him are Gérard Pirès (1942), Henri Decoin (1890), Alain Cavalier (1931), Raoul Coutard (1924), Bruno Dumont (1958), and Jean Grémillon (1902). After him are Jacques Rozier (1926), Robert Guédiguian (1953), Serge Bourguignon (1928), Philippe Rousselot (1945), Jean Becker (1933), and Albert Capellani (1874).

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