Chris Marker was born on July 29, 1921[1], in Neuilly-sur-Seine[2]. He died on July 29, 2012[3], in 20th arrondissement of Paris[4]. He worked as a film producer[5], film critic[6], film director[7], photographer[8], and screenwriter[9]. He ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,416 views/month, #7,000 of 1,000,298).[10]
Occupation: film editor[14], television producer[15], multimedia artist[16], journalist[17], cinematographer[18], teacher[19], poet[20], writer[21], documentarian[22], video artist[23], new media artist[24], director[25]
Nominated for: César Award for Best Editing[46], César Award for Best Documentary Short Film[47]
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Chris Marker has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] He is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]
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