FILM DIRECTOR

René Clément

1913 - 1996

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René Clément (French: [ʁəne klemɑ̃]; 18 March 1913 – 17 March 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the films The Battle of the Rails (1946), Forbidden Games (1952), Gervaise (1956), Purple Noon (1960), and Is Paris Burning (1966). He received numerous accolades including five prizes at the Cannes Film Festival and the Honorary César in 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. René Clément is the 125th most popular film director (up from 126th in 2019), the 931st most popular biography from France (down from 907th in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Film Director.

René Clément is most famous for his 1959 film, "Black Orpheus," which is a retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, René Clément ranks 125 out of 2,041. Before him are Michael Curtiz, Sam Peckinpah, Kenji Mizoguchi, Peter Jackson, Victor Fleming, and Claude Lelouch. After him are Giuseppe Tornatore, Max Reinhardt, James Gunn, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, David Fincher, and Jesús Franco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, René Clément ranks 41. Before him are Trevor Howard, Jacobo Árbenz, Jimmy Hoffa, Frances Farmer, Werner Mölders, and Witold Lutosławski. After him are Artur Axmann, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Leônidas, Yasuo Suzuki, Motoo Tatsuhara, and Erich Priebke. Among people deceased in 1996, René Clément ranks 30. Before him are René Lacoste, Sergiu Celibidache, Adolf Galland, Odysseas Elytis, Magda Schneider, and William Vickrey. After him are Artur Axmann, Solomon Asch, Ademir de Menezes, Abdus Salam, Claudette Colbert, and Lars Ahlfors.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Clément ranks 931 out of 6,770. Before him are Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy (1143), Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Claude Lelouch (1937), and François Clouet (1510). After him are Léon Jouhaux (1879), Rosa Bonheur (1822), Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), Charles Garnier (1825), Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802), and Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, René Clément ranks 17. Before him are Alain Resnais (1922), Robert Bresson (1901), René Clair (1898), Jacques Audiard (1952), Jacques Tati (1907), and Claude Lelouch (1937). After him are Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Marcel Carné (1906), Abel Gance (1889), and Louis Malle (1932).

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