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Top 100 Directors in France

The most publicly visible directors in France.

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The most famous directors in France right now — ranked by the public attention they command across search, news, Wikipedia, and social.

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#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	—	Marjane Satrapi	France	Directors	80.6	10.0
#2	—	Jean-Paul Belmondo	France	Directors	72.5	26.7
#3	—	Roman Polanski	—	Directors	72.0	2.6
#4	—	Mélanie Laurent	France	Directors	71.0	2.0
#5	24	Daniel Auteuil	France	Directors	68.8	0.0
#6	1	François Truffaut	France	Directors	67.9	3.1
#7	1	Jean-Luc Godard	France	Directors	65.8	0.0
#8	1	Oliver Stone	United States	Directors	64.6	1.4
#9	1	Emir Kusturica	—	Directors	64.5	6.4
#10	1	Luc Besson	France	Directors	63.2	0.8
#11	1	Jean Renoir	France	Directors	62.4	13.8
#12	1	Richard Benguigui	France	Directors	61.6	6.4
#13	1	Romain Gary	France	Directors	61.4	6.6
#14	1	Justine Triet	France	Directors	61.3	10.0
#15	1	Georges Méliès	France	Directors	61.2	0.0
#16	1	Jean Yanne	France	Directors	61.1	10.0
#17	1	Edwige Fenech	France	Directors	60.7	17.3
#18	1	Sandrine Bonnaire	France	Directors	59.2	14.8
#19	1	Jean-Pierre Melville	France	Directors	59.2	11.7
#20	1	Roger Vadim	France	Directors	59.1	1.8
#21	new	Marie-France Pisier	France	Directors	58.8	4.7
#22	2	Éric Rohmer	France	Directors	58.6	2.9
#23	2	Benoît Jacquot	France	Directors	58.5	13.7
#24	2	Alain Resnais	France	Directors	58.5	3.6
#25	new	Mathieu Kassovitz	France	Directors	58.5	0.3
#26	3	Costa-Gavras	France	Directors	58.2	2.5
#27	3	Christophe Honoré	France	Directors	58.2	10.0
#28	3	Jean-Jacques Annaud	France	Directors	58.1	2.9
#29	3	Olivier Marchal	France	Directors	58.0	15.0
#30	3	Jacques Tati	France	Directors	57.9	2.0
#31	3	Enki Bilal	France	Directors	57.9	19.8
#32	2	Audrey Dana	France	Directors	57.7	10.0
#33	new	Claude Zidi	France	Directors	57.9	19.3
#34	new	Céline Sciamma	France	Directors	57.2	1.5
#35	new	Mathieu Amalric	France	Directors	57.1	0.0
#36	5	Charles Berling	France	Directors	57.0	5.0
#37	5	Claude Chabrol	France	Directors	57.0	0.0
#38	5	Claire Denis	France	Directors	56.9	0.8
#39	5	René Goscinny	France	Directors	56.9	0.0
#40	5	Michel Hazanavicius	France	Directors	56.8	1.2
#41	new	Jean-Jacques Beineix	France	Directors	56.5	9.1
#42	6	Éric Caravaca	France	Directors	56.2	8.1
#43	6	Nathalie Delon	France	Directors	56.2	0.0
#44	new	Georges Perec	France	Directors	56.1	0.0
#45	7	Jean-Pierre Léaud	France	Directors	56.1	0.6
#46	7	Laurent Cantet	France	Directors	56.0	19.2
#47	7	Romain Gavras	France	Directors	55.9	0.0
#48	7	Germaine Dulac	France	Directors	55.9	15.9
#49	7	Jean Vigo	France	Directors	55.7	4.2
#50	new	Joris Ivens	France	Directors	55.7	9.9
#51	new	Bertrand Blier	France	Directors	55.6	0.0
#52	7	Thomas Langmann	France	Directors	55.5	5.0
#53	10	Jacques Rivette	France	Directors	55.5	1.6
#54	10	Philippe Garrel	France	Directors	55.3	0.0
#55	new	Delphine de Vigan	France	Directors	55.2	0.0
#56	new	Patrice Leconte	France	Directors	55.0	0.7
#57	new	Catherine Breillat	France	Directors	54.9	0.0
#58	12	Mia Hansen-Løve	France	Directors	54.9	1.3
#59	new	Barbet Schroeder	France	Directors	54.8	0.0
#60	13	Dominique Farrugia	France	Directors	54.8	10.0
#61	13	Robert Enrico	France	Directors	54.6	15.0
#62	13	JS Jeannot Szwarc	France	Directors	54.5	3.0
#63	13	Francis Perrin	France	Directors	54.5	6.1
#64	13	Marcel Carné	France	Directors	54.5	0.8
#65	13	Max Ophüls	France	Directors	54.5	0.0
#66	13	Alice Guy-Blaché	France	Directors	54.5	0.6
#67	13	Mati Diop	France	Directors	54.4	1.5
#68	13	Nicole Garcia	France	Directors	54.4	0.0
#69	13	Thierry Frémaux	France	Directors	54.3	10.0
#70	13	Mona Achache	France	Directors	54.3	10.0
#71	13	Raymond Loewy	France	Directors	54.1	0.0
#72	13	Eva Ionesco	France	Directors	53.9	0.7
#73	13	Jacques Tourneur	France	Directors	53.8	0.0
#74	13	Bertrand Bonello	France	Directors	53.7	0.3
#75	13	Marie-Anne Chazel	France	Directors	53.6	0.0
#76	13	Anne Fontaine	France	Directors	53.2	0.0
#77	13	Christophe Malavoy	France	Directors	53.2	15.0
#78	13	Stéphane Brizé	France	Directors	53.1	18.7
#79	13	Alain Corneau	France	Directors	53.1	0.0
#80	13	Alain Gomis	France	Directors	53.0	4.4
#81	13	Bruno Nuytten	France	Directors	53.0	1.9
#82	13	Hélène Fillières	France	Directors	52.8	6.0
#83	13	Rachid Bouchareb	France	Directors	52.8	5.7
#84	13	Pierre Blanchar	France	Directors	52.7	1.3
#85	13	Lucile Hadžihalilović	France	Directors	52.7	1.2
#86	12	Anne Brochet	France	Directors	52.1	0.0
#87	14	Jean Anouilh	France	Writers	62.6	6.9
#88	13	José Giovanni	France	Directors	51.9	0.3
#89	new	Danièle Delorme	France	Directors	51.8	0.0
#90	14	Claude Pinoteau	France	Directors	51.8	0.8
#91	14	Michel Leclerc	France	Directors	51.3	21.7
#92	14	Véronique Colucci	France	Directors	51.3	25.0
#93	14	Jacques Rozier	France	Directors	51.3	3.7
#94	14	Pierre Jolivet	France	Directors	51.2	4.1
#95	14	Xavier Gens	France	Directors	51.2	0.7
#96	new	Pierre Granier-Deferre	France	Directors	51.1	0.0
#97	15	Patrick Tatopoulos	France	Directors	51.0	8.0
#98	15	Nicolas de Villiers	France	Directors	51.0	18.1
#99	15	Arnaud Desjardins	France	Directors	51.0	1.5
#100	15	Claire Nouvian	France	Directors	50.9	15.0

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