FILM DIRECTOR

Éric Rohmer

1920 - 2010

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Jean Marie Maurice Schérer or Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer (French: [eʁik ʁomɛʁ]; 21 March 1920 – 11 January 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher. Rohmer was the last of the post-World War II French New Wave directors to become established. He edited the influential film journal Cahiers du cinéma from 1957 to 1963, while most of his colleagues—among them Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut—were making the transition from critics to filmmakers and gaining international attention. Rohmer gained international acclaim around 1969 when his film My Night at Maud's was nominated at the Academy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Éric Rohmer is the 64th most popular film director (up from 66th in 2019), the 596th most popular biography from France (down from 550th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Film Director.

Éric Rohmer is a French filmmaker who is most famous for his series of romantic comedies.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Éric Rohmer ranks 64 out of 2,041. Before him are Paul Verhoeven, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Brian De Palma, Michael Haneke, Abbas Kiarostami, and Werner Herzog. After him are Lars von Trier, Sergei Parajanov, Frank Capra, Sydney Pollack, William Wyler, and Claude Chabrol.

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Among people born in 1920, Éric Rohmer ranks 26. Before him are Amália Rodrigues, Gianni Rodari, Richard von Weizsäcker, Charlie Parker, François Jacob, and Traudl Junge. After him are George Porter, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Boris Vian, Captain Tom, Montgomery Clift, and Fritz Walter. Among people deceased in 2010, Éric Rohmer ranks 16. Before him are Gloria Stuart, Louise Bourgeois, Eddie Fisher, Benoit Mandelbrot, Georges Charpak, and Maurice Allais. After him are Bobby Farrell, Alois Brunner, Claude Chabrol, Dennis Hopper, Néstor Kirchner, and Vasily Smyslov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Éric Rohmer ranks 596 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683), Edmond Becquerel (1820), and Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729). After him are Jean Dausset (1916), Paul Claudel (1868), Gustave Caillebotte (1848), Blanche Monnier (1849), Hector Malot (1830), and Niki de Saint Phalle (1930).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Éric Rohmer ranks 7. Before him are Roman Polanski (1933), François Truffaut (1932), Jean-Luc Godard (1930), Georges Méliès (1861), Roger Vadim (1928), and Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943). After him are William Wyler (1902), Claude Chabrol (1930), Luc Besson (1959), Alain Resnais (1922), Robert Bresson (1901), and René Clair (1898).

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