FILM DIRECTOR

Marcel Camus

1912 - 1982

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Marcel Camus (21 April 1912 – 13 January 1982) was a French film director. He is best known for Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus), which won the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and the 1960 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Camus is the 378th most popular film director (up from 504th in 2019), the 2,201st most popular biography from France (up from 2,748th in 2019) and the 49th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Marcel Camus ranks 378 out of 2,041. Before him are Jan de Bont, Merian C. Cooper, Juan Antonio Bardem, Raúl Ruiz, Martin Ritt, and Nadine Trintignant. After him are Jacques Doillon, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, James Wong, Gustaf Gründgens, Ray Harryhausen, and Carol Reed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Marcel Camus ranks 114. Before him are Isidro Lángara, Igor Markevitch, Yaroslav Stetsko, Axel Springer, Jean Françaix, and Aymoré Moreira. After him are Muriel Humphrey Brown, Perry Como, Richard Brooks, Marta Eggerth, Martha Scott, and Juan Carlos Aramburu. Among people deceased in 1982, Marcel Camus ranks 89. Before him are Ville Ritola, Fazlur Rahman Khan, Wifredo Lam, Jean Girault, Pavel Alexandrov, and Isa Miranda. After him are Gara Garayev, Henry King, Valerio Zurlini, Savitri Devi, Helene Deutsch, and Randy Rhoads.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Camus ranks 2,201 out of 6,770. Before him are Niels Arestrup (1949), Michel Lotito (1950), Zygmunt Krasiński (1812), Paul Poupard (1930), Nadine Trintignant (1934), and Sébastien Bourdon (1616). After him are Christian Jacq (1947), Bernard of Menthon (923), Jean Victoir Audouin (1797), Marie Harel (1761), Pierre Bérégovoy (1925), and Ermesinde of Carcassonne (972).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Marcel Camus ranks 49. Before him are William Kennedy Dickson (1860), Jean Rouch (1917), Alexandre Astruc (1923), Édouard Molinaro (1928), Leos Carax (1960), and Nadine Trintignant (1934). After him are Jacques Doillon (1944), Claire Denis (1946), Just Jaeckin (1940), Albert Lamorisse (1922), Jacques Deray (1929), and Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946).

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