FILM DIRECTOR

Umberto Lenzi

1931 - 2017

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Umberto Lenzi (6 August 1931 – 19 October 2017) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and novelist. A fan of film since young age, Lenzi studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and made his first film in 1958 which went unreleased, while his official debut happened in 1961 with Queen of the Seas. Lenzi's films of the 1960s followed popular trends of the era, which led to him directing several spy and erotic thriller films. He followed in suit in the 1970s making giallo films, crime films and making the first Italian cannibal film with Man from the Deep River. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Umberto Lenzi is the 495th most popular film director (down from 455th in 2019), the 2,407th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,244th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Italian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Umberto Lenzi ranks 495 out of 2,041. Before him are Gérard Oury, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Alain Corneau, Walter Ruttmann, Alessandro Blasetti, and André Cayatte. After him are Sam Wood, Yves Allégret, Mauro Bolognini, Richard Lester, Takashi Miike, and Hiroshi Teshigahara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Umberto Lenzi ranks 180. Before him are Cristina Deutekom, Iajuddin Ahmed, Rolf Hochhuth, Aleksei Gubarev, Roger Piantoni, and Tom Wilson. After him are Heisuke Hironaka, Shintaro Katsu, Larry Silverstein, Atsuko Ikeda, Rajko Kuzmanović, and Johnny Kitagawa. Among people deceased in 2017, Umberto Lenzi ranks 173. Before him are Bayezid Osman, Jean d'Ormesson, Claude Rich, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Aleksey Batalov, and Ivan Dias. After him are Daliah Lavi, Miloslav Vlk, William Peter Blatty, Nadezhda Olizarenko, James Rosenquist, and Giulio Angioni.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Umberto Lenzi ranks 2,407 out of 5,161. Before him are Renzo Zorzi (1946), Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine (1591), Boniface II, Marquis of Montferrat (1202), Mariano Rumor (1915), Sibilla Aleramo (1876), and Francesco Pesellino (1422). After him are Prospero Fontana (1512), Luigi Ganna (1883), Geminianus (312), Lazare Ponticelli (1897), Anne Marie Martinozzi (1637), and Luca Cambiaso (1527).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Umberto Lenzi ranks 37. Before him are Luigi Comencini (1916), Ermanno Olmi (1931), Giuseppe De Santis (1917), Valerio Zurlini (1926), Alberto Lattuada (1914), and Alessandro Blasetti (1900). After him are Mauro Bolognini (1922), Elio Petri (1929), Sergio Sollima (1921), Carlo Lizzani (1922), George P. Cosmatos (1941), and Renato Castellani (1913).

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