FILM DIRECTOR

Christoph Schlingensief

1960 - 2010

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Christoph Maria Schlingensief (24 October 1960 – 21 August 2010) was a German theatre director, performance artist, and filmmaker. Starting as an independent underground filmmaker, Schlingensief later staged productions for theatres and festivals, often accompanied by public controversies. In the final years before his death, he staged Wagner's Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival and worked at several opera houses, establishing himself as a Regietheater artist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christoph Schlingensief is the 1,569th most popular film director (down from 1,461st in 2019), the 5,659th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,456th in 2019) and the 75th most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Christoph Schlingensief ranks 1,569 out of 2,041. Before him are Peyton Reed, Ward Kimball, Alik Sakharov, Jan Svěrák, Rowland V. Lee, and Clive Donner. After him are Tim Van Patten, Alan Rudolph, Dominik Moll, Chi Chi LaRue, Edward Sedgwick, and Peter Glenville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Christoph Schlingensief ranks 514. Before him are Mustapha El Biyaz, James Kwesi Appiah, Frederik Ndoci, Branko Miljuš, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, and Melora Walters. After him are Natalia Bestemianova, Emma Samms, Lyudmyla Denisova, Tyrell Biggs, Torben Grael, and Pablo Larios. Among people deceased in 2010, Christoph Schlingensief ranks 426. Before him are He Pingping, Alexander Belostenny, Doris Eaton Travis, Kanu Sanyal, Grażyna Gęsicka, and Clive Donner. After him are James Moody, Harvey Pekar, Oleg Kopayev, Vicki Draves, Peter Christopherson, and David Thompson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christoph Schlingensief ranks 5,662 out of 7,253. Before him are Petra Roth (1944), Peter Tschentscher (1966), Jochen Schümann (1954), Nadine Angerer (1978), Sven Bender (1989), and Andrew Sachs (1930). After him are Gert Engels (1957), Christine Scheiblich (1954), Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (1966), Ulla Schmidt (1949), John Peter Zenger (1697), and Reinhard Bütikofer (1953).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Christoph Schlingensief ranks 75. Before him are Curt Goetz (1888), Peter Zadek (1926), Robert Schwentke (1968), Doris Dörrie (1955), Peter Schamoni (1934), and Marcus Nispel (1963). After him are Dominik Moll (1962), Caroline Link (1964), Maren Ade (1976), Hito Steyerl (1966), Rainer Simon (1941), and Detlev Buck (1962).

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