FILM DIRECTOR

Luigi Comencini

1916 - 2007

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Luigi Comencini (Italian: [luˈiːdʒi komenˈtʃiːni]; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007) was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola, and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the "commedia all'italiana" genre. His daughters Cristina and Francesca are both film directors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luigi Comencini is the 334th most popular film director (up from 394th in 2019), the 1,824th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,996th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Italian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Luigi Comencini ranks 334 out of 2,041. Before him are John Hughes, Marc Allégret, Chen Kaige, Joseph Losey, Norman Jewison, and Steven Soderbergh. After him are Tex Avery, Menahem Golan, Darren Aronofsky, Jacques Feyder, Hideaki Anno, and Satoshi Kon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Luigi Comencini ranks 76. Before him are Ernst Wilimowski, Hamani Diori, Bernard Blier, Richard Fleischer, Giorgio Bassani, and Sterling Hayden. After him are Jack Vance, Julio César Turbay Ayala, Pierre Messmer, Pietro Rava, Stjepan Filipović, and Archie Moore. Among people deceased in 2007, Luigi Comencini ranks 94. Before him are Bauer, Ira Levin, E. Howard Hunt, Sol LeWitt, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, and Denny Doherty. After him are André Gorz, Sri Chinmoy, Pierre Messmer, Viliam Schrojf, Floyd Westerman, and Gianfranco Ferré.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Comencini ranks 1,824 out of 5,161. Before him are Federico Faggin (1941), Lorenzo Baldisseri (1940), Bartolomeo Manfredi (1582), Julius Firmicus Maternus (400), Massimo D'Alema (1949), and Roger Borsa (1060). After him are Alfredo Catalani (1854), Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este (1726), Leonard of Port Maurice (1676), Salvatore Giuliano (1922), Altichiero (1330), and Peter II, Count of Savoy (1203).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Luigi Comencini ranks 31. Before him are Nanni Moretti (1953), Mario Bava (1914), Damiano Damiani (1922), Marco Bellocchio (1939), Gillo Pontecorvo (1919), and Mario Monicelli (1915). After him are Ermanno Olmi (1931), Giuseppe De Santis (1917), Valerio Zurlini (1926), Alberto Lattuada (1914), Alessandro Blasetti (1900), and Umberto Lenzi (1931).

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