FILM DIRECTOR

Rouben Mamoulian

1897 - 1987

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Rouben Zachary Mamoulian (October 8, 1897 – December 4, 1987) was an Armenian-American film and theater director. Mamoulian's oeuvre includes sixteen films (four of which are musicals) and seventeen Broadway productions, six of which are musicals. He was responsible for the acclaimed original stagings of Oklahoma! (1943) and Carousel (1945), as well as the first production of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (1935). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rouben Mamoulian is the 266th most popular film director (up from 292nd in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 49th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Georgian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Rouben Mamoulian ranks 266 out of 2,041. Before him are Sven Nykvist, Jane Campion, Roger Corman, Jean Epstein, Gus Van Sant, and Claude Sautet. After him are Douglas Sirk, Jerzy Stuhr, Gojko Mitić, Souleymane Cissé, Béla Tarr, and Terence Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Rouben Mamoulian ranks 80. Before him are Sidney Bechet, Philippe Soupault, Ana Aslan, Lester B. Pearson, Jean Epstein, and Tarjei Vesaas. After him are Douglas Sirk, Carl Oberg, Judith Anderson, Winifred Wagner, Lepke Buchalter, and Thornton Wilder. Among people deceased in 1987, Rouben Mamoulian ranks 44. Before him are Yasuo Haruyama, Jaco Pastorius, Erskine Caldwell, James Baldwin, Gretl Braun, and Yakov Zeldovich. After him are Douglas Sirk, Américo Tomás, James Tiptree Jr., Alistair MacLean, Henry Ford II, and John Hammond.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Rouben Mamoulian ranks 48 out of 406. Before him are Zurab Tsereteli (1934), Gregorio Pietro Agagianian (1895), Akim Tamiroff (1899), Mihrişah Sultan (1745), Stepan Shaumian (1878), and Murad Bey (1750). After him are Vakhtang I of Iberia (440), Mikhail Kalatozov (1903), Bezmiâlem Sultan (1807), Noe Zhordania (1868), Bagrat IV of Georgia (1018), and Ibrahim Bey (1735).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Georgia

Among film directors born in Georgia, Rouben Mamoulian ranks 3. Before him are Sergei Parajanov (1924), and Otar Iosseliani (1934). After him are Mikhail Kalatozov (1903), Tengiz Abuladze (1924), Georgiy Daneliya (1930), Nana Jorjadze (1948), Kote Marjanishvili (1872), Marlen Khutsiev (1925), Revaz Chkheidze (1926), Eldar Shengelaia (1933), and Georgy Tovstonogov (1915).

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