FILM DIRECTOR

Leos Carax

1960 - Today

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Alex Christophe Dupont (born 1960), best known as Leos Carax (French: [leɔs kaʁaks]), is a French film director, critic and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His first major work was Boy Meets Girl (1984), and his notable works include Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991), Pola X (1999), Holy Motors (2012) and Annette (2021). For the last, he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leos Carax is the 368th most popular film director (up from 371st in 2019), the 2,136th most popular biography from France (up from 2,171st in 2019) and the 47th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Leos Carax ranks 368 out of 2,041. Before him are Veljko Bulajić, Chris Sanders, Lotte Reiniger, Alexandre Astruc, Veit Harlan, and Édouard Molinaro. After him are Márta Mészáros, Walerian Borowczyk, Giuseppe De Santis, Jan de Bont, Merian C. Cooper, and Juan Antonio Bardem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Leos Carax ranks 93. Before him are Daryl Hannah, Hiroshi Amano, John Schneider, Gary Lineker, Simonetta Sommaruga, and Nicoletta Braschi. After him are José Maria Neves, Yannick Noah, Cathy Moriarty, Richard Ramirez, Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, and Saif al-Adel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Leos Carax ranks 2,136 out of 6,770. Before him are Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (1711), William de Longchamp (1101), Jean Françaix (1912), Alexandre Astruc (1923), Jacques Cathelineau (1759), and Édouard Molinaro (1928). After him are Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700), Odo III, Duke of Burgundy (1166), Roland Bonaparte (1858), Pontus De la Gardie (1520), Georges Duhamel (1884), and Louis Trousselier (1881).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Leos Carax ranks 47. Before him are Jean Girault (1924), Francis Veber (1937), William Kennedy Dickson (1860), Jean Rouch (1917), Alexandre Astruc (1923), and Édouard Molinaro (1928). After him are Nadine Trintignant (1934), Marcel Camus (1912), Jacques Doillon (1944), Claire Denis (1946), Just Jaeckin (1940), and Albert Lamorisse (1922).

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