FILM DIRECTOR

Aleksei Yuryevich German

1938 - 2013

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Aleksei Yuryevich German (Russian: Алексей Юрьевич Герман, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ˈɡʲermən]; 20 July 1938 – 21 February 2013) was a Russian film director and screenwriter. In a career spanning five decades of filmmaking, German completed six feature films, noted for his stark pessimism, long, serpentine sequence shots, black and white cinematography, overbearing sound design and acute observations of Stalinist Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksei Yuryevich German is the 734th most popular film director (down from 690th in 2019), the 1,312th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,257th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Russian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Aleksei Yuryevich German ranks 734 out of 2,041. Before him are Olle Hellbom, Dariush Mehrjui, Herbert Selpin, Luigi Zampa, Hal Roach, and W. S. Van Dyke. After him are Bruce Beresford, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Bryan Singer, James Wan, Gavin O'Connor, and Jaromil Jireš.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Aleksei Yuryevich German ranks 299. Before him are Scilla Gabel, Valentin Mankin, Barry Jackson, Freddie Hubbard, Tengiz Kitovani, and Rolf Wolfshohl. After him are Pachín, Teresa de Lauretis, Spencer Johnson, Kurt Moll, James Farentino, and Mort Shuman. Among people deceased in 2013, Aleksei Yuryevich German ranks 232. Before him are Ed Koch, Norma Bengell, Walter De Maria, Cayetano Ré, János Starker, and Barry Jackson. After him are Domenico Bartolucci, Rentarō Mikuni, Torbjørn Falkanger, Eileen Brennan, Hennadiy Udovenko, and George Duke.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksei Yuryevich German ranks 1,312 out of 3,761. Before him are Joseph Bové (1784), Mitrofan Nedelin (1902), Andreï Makine (1957), Ivan Shuvalov (1727), Abram Arkhipov (1862), and Ludmila Belousova (1935). After him are Khamzat Chimaev (1994), Evgeny Schwartz (1896), Tatiana Proskouriakoff (1909), Aleksei Serebryakov (1964), Aleksei Yeliseyev (1934), and Pavel Bazhov (1879).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Aleksei Yuryevich German ranks 26. Before him are Sergei Bodrov (1948), Sergei Gerasimov (1906), Andrey Zvyagintsev (1964), Fedor Ozep (1895), Stanislav Govorukhin (1936), and Ivan Pyryev (1901). After him are Yevgeni Bauer (1865), Pyotr Chardynin (1873), Aleksei Balabanov (1959), Alexander Rou (1906), Alexandre Volkoff (1885), and Tatyana Lioznova (1924).

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