FILM DIRECTOR

Jeannot Szwarc

1937 - 2025

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Jeannot Szwarc (21 November 1937 – 14 January 2025) was a French director known for his work in American film and television. His film credits included Jaws 2, Somewhere in Time, Supergirl and Santa Claus: The Movie. Szwarc had a prolific career spanning 6 decades before retirement from the industry in France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jeannot Szwarc is the 316th most popular film director (up from 868th in 2019), the 1,916th most popular biography from France (up from 4,000th in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jeannot Szwarc ranks 316 out of 2,041. Before him are Tengiz Abuladze, Mario Monicelli, Ted Kotcheff, King Vidor, François Ozon, and Yuen Woo-ping. After him are Edward Dmytryk, Adrian Lyne, Billy Hayes, Adolph Zukor, Sam Taylor-Johnson, and Krzysztof Zanussi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jeannot Szwarc ranks 109. Before him are Mitsuo Kamata, Daniel McFadden, Monika Ertl, Steven Berkoff, Nikolai Kapustin, and Edward Fox. After him are Neeme Järvi, John Horton Conway, Ange-Félix Patassé, Shirley Bassey, Carmen Pereira, and Ryutaro Hashimoto. Among people deceased in 2025, Jeannot Szwarc ranks 83. Before him are Trần Đức Lương, Robert Hübner, Thanin Kraivichien, Ted Kotcheff, Renato Corsetti, and Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat. After him are Fred Stolle, Anastasios of Albania, Werner Leimgruber, Dick McTaggart, Zoltán Horváth, and Suchinda Kraprayoon.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jeannot Szwarc ranks 1,916 out of 6,770. Before him are Adèle Hugo (1830), Henri Giffard (1825), Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (1725), Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (1923), Maurice de Sully (1110), and Henri-Edmond Cross (1856). After him are Guy Mollet (1905), Jean Bodel (1165), Charles Friedel (1822), Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772), Jules Brunet (1838), and André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jeannot Szwarc ranks 39. Before him are Chris Marker (1921), Jacques Becker (1906), Claude Sautet (1924), Philippe de Broca (1933), Frank Darabont (1959), and François Ozon (1967). After him are Germaine Dulac (1882), Jean Girault (1924), Francis Veber (1937), William Kennedy Dickson (1860), Jean Rouch (1917), and Alexandre Astruc (1923).

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