FILM DIRECTOR

Oumarou Ganda

1935 - 1981

Oumarou Ganda

Oumarou Ganda (1935 – 1 January 1981) was a Nigerien director and actor who helped bring African cinema to international attention in the 1960s and 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oumarou Ganda is the 1,335th most popular film director (down from 1,308th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Niger and the most popular Nigerien Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Oumarou Ganda ranks 1,335 out of 2,041. Before him are Haskell Wexler, Wesley Ruggles, Howard Zieff, Robert Eggers, Vytautas Žalakevičius, and Yuli Raizman. After him are Carlos Saldanha, Johannes Schaaf, Vladimir Motyl, Jon Turteltaub, David Frankel, and Howard Deutch.

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Haskell Wexler
1922 - 2015
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 1,329
Wesley Ruggles
1889 - 1972
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 1,330
Howard Zieff
1927 - 2009
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 1,331
Robert Eggers
1983 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 1,332
Vytautas Žalakevičius
1930 - 1996
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 1,333
Yuli Raizman
1903 - 1994
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 1,334
Oumarou Ganda
1935 - 1981
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 1,335
Carlos Saldanha
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 1,336
Johannes Schaaf
1933 - 2019
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 1,337
Vladimir Motyl
1927 - 2010
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 1,338
Jon Turteltaub
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 1,339
David Frankel
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 1,340
Howard Deutch
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 1,341

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Oumarou Ganda ranks 456. Before him are Peter Schickele, Alfredo Torres, Tibor Pézsa, Marcelino Oreja, 1st Marquis of Oreja, Gundi Busch, and Jed Allan. After him are A. J. Foyt, Bertil Johansson, Sun Axelsson, Roberto Sosa, Michael Wheeler, and Mal Anderson. Among people deceased in 1981, Oumarou Ganda ranks 243. Before him are David Garnett, Dan Coe, Roy Henkel, Carleton S. Coon, Hanns Kilian, and Betty McKinnon. After him are Geirr Tveitt, Eric Williams, Kazimierz Kordylewski, Big Walter Horton, Dragutin Najdanović, and Ioachim Moldoveanu.

Others Born in 1935

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Peter Schickele
COMPOSER
1935 - 2024
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 450
Alfredo Torres
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2022
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 451
Tibor Pézsa
FENCER
1935 - Present
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 452
Marcelino Oreja, 1st Marquis of Oreja
POLITICIAN
1935 - Present
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 453
Gundi Busch
SKATER
1935 - 2014
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 454
Jed Allan
ACTOR
1935 - 2019
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 455
Oumarou Ganda
FILM DIRECTOR
1935 - 1981
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 456
A. J. Foyt
RACING DRIVER
1935 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 457
Bertil Johansson
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2021
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 458
Sun Axelsson
WRITER
1935 - 2011
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 459
Roberto Sosa
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2008
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 460
Michael Wheeler
ATHLETE
1935 - 2020
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 461
Mal Anderson
TENNIS PLAYER
1935 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 462