FILM DIRECTOR

Roger Vadim

1928 - 2000

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Roger Vadim Plemiannikov (French: [ʁɔʒe vadim]; 26 January 1928 – 11 February 2000) was a French screenwriter, film director, and producer, as well as an author, artist, and occasional actor. His best-known works are visually lavish films with erotic qualities, such as And God Created Woman (1956), Blood and Roses (1960), The Game Is Over (1966), Barbarella (1968), and Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2024). Roger Vadim is the 53rd most popular film director (down from 32nd in 2024), the 481st most popular biography from France (down from 290th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Film Director.

Roger Vadim is most famous for his work as a film director. He is also known for his relationship with Brigitte Bardot.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Roger Vadim ranks 53 out of 2,041. Before him are Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Andrzej Wajda, Robert Zemeckis, George Miller, Oliver Stone, and Theo Angelopoulos. After him are Takeshi Kitano, Yasujirō Ozu, Jack L. Warner, Stephen Hillenburg, Paul Verhoeven, and Jean-Jacques Annaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Roger Vadim ranks 22. Before him are Didi, Philip K. Dick, Jeanne Moreau, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Rinus Michels, and Osamu Tezuka. After him are Eddie Fisher, Arnold Rüütel, Shirley Temple, Alexander Grothendieck, Fidel Ramos, and Yves Klein. Among people deceased in 2000, Roger Vadim ranks 13. Before him are Habib Bourguiba, Emil Zátopek, Arkan, Victor Borge, Alec Guinness, and Louis Néel. After him are Konrad Emil Bloch, Charles M. Schulz, Pierre Trudeau, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Lída Baarová, and Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

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In France

Among people born in France, Roger Vadim ranks 481 out of 6,770. Before him are Albert Lebrun (1871), Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799), Pytheas (-380), Louis Néel (1904), Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant (1852), and Siméon Denis Poisson (1781). After him are Fernand Léger (1881), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Charles Nicolle (1866), Stephen, King of England (1095), André Masséna (1758), and Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Roger Vadim ranks 5. Before him are Roman Polanski (1933), François Truffaut (1932), Jean-Luc Godard (1930), and Georges Méliès (1861). After him are Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Éric Rohmer (1920), William Wyler (1902), Claude Chabrol (1930), Luc Besson (1959), Alain Resnais (1922), and Robert Bresson (1901).

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