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Jules Dassin

1911 - 2008

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Julius "Jules" Dassin ( DASS-in, dass-IN; December 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008) was an American film and theatre director, producer, writer and actor. A subject of the Hollywood blacklist, he subsequently moved to France, and later Greece, where he continued his career. He was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Screen Directors' Guild. Dassin received a Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Du rififi chez les hommes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jules Dassin is the 116th most popular film director (down from 115th in 2019), the 994th most popular biography from United States (down from 776th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Film Director.

Jules Dassin is most famous for his work in the French film noir genre. His films include The Naked City, Rififi, and Night and the City.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jules Dassin ranks 116 out of 2,041. Before him are Robert Altman, Walter Hill, Mel Brooks, Satyajit Ray, Costa-Gavras, and John Woo. After him are William Hanna, Wes Craven, Michael Curtiz, Sam Peckinpah, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Peter Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Jules Dassin ranks 42. Before him are Max Frisch, Klaus Fuchs, Trygve Haavelmo, Odysseas Elytis, Lê Đức Thọ, and Richard Baer. After him are Lee Yoo-hyung, Jean Harlow, Joseph Barbera, John Archibald Wheeler, L. Ron Hubbard, and Ginger Rogers. Among people deceased in 2008, Jules Dassin ranks 30. Before him are Alain Robbe-Grillet, Michael DeBakey, Harold Pinter, Leonid Hurwicz, William F. Buckley Jr., and Roy Scheider. After him are Yma Sumac, Mel Ferrer, Gary Gygax, Jean-Marie Balestre, Jacques Piccard, and Heath Ledger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jules Dassin ranks 994 out of 20,380. Before him are Stanley B. Prusiner (1942), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), Woody Guthrie (1912), Benny Goodman (1909), Talia Shire (1946), and Burt Reynolds (1936). After him are Frances McDormand (1957), Arthur Ashkin (1922), John Mott (1865), Andre Agassi (1970), Douglas Fairbanks (1883), and Greg Abbott (1957).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Jules Dassin ranks 32. Before him are John Huston (1906), Edwin S. Porter (1870), George Cukor (1899), Robert Altman (1925), Walter Hill (1942), and Mel Brooks (1926). After him are William Hanna (1910), Wes Craven (1939), Sam Peckinpah (1925), Victor Fleming (1889), James Gunn (1966), and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909).

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