FILM DIRECTOR

Curt Goetz

1888 - 1960

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Curt Goetz (German: [kʊʁt ɡœt͡s] ; 17 November 1888 – 12 September 1960), born Kurt Walter Götz, was a Swiss German writer, actor and film director. He was regarded as one of the most brilliant German comedy writers of his time. With his wife Valérie von Martens, he acted in his own plays and also filmed them. He was a distant relative of Irish writer George Bernard Shaw, to whom he was often compared. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Curt Goetz is the 1,428th most popular film director (down from 1,229th in 2019), the 5,433rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,997th in 2019) and the 69th most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Curt Goetz ranks 1,428 out of 2,041. Before him are Robert Burks, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Francesca Comencini, Len Wiseman, Albert Serra, and Rian Johnson. After him are Gábor Csupó, René Vautier, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, D. A. Pennebaker, Alice Rohrwacher, and Victor Schertzinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Curt Goetz ranks 254. Before him are Eduard Bass, Karl Gustafsson, Jack Holt, Hubert Wilkins, Jan Palouš, and Walther Penck. After him are Victor Schertzinger, William Hood Simpson, Lucien Hubbard, Joyce Cary, Florence La Badie, and Axel Janse. Among people deceased in 1960, Curt Goetz ranks 218. Before him are Nils Widforss, John Rupert Firth, Otto Nilsson, Liesl Karlstadt, Karl Gustafsson, and Erik Lindahl. After him are Olle Larsson, Raoul Paoli, Lawrence Tibbett, Dora Marsden, Benjamin Bradshaw, and Thalia Flora-Karavia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Curt Goetz ranks 5,436 out of 7,253. Before him are Günther Haase (1925), Wolfgang Tillmans (1968), Erwin Keller (1905), Nino de Angelo (1963), Wolfgang Hohlbein (1953), and Hans-Werner Gessmann (1950). After him are Chris Gueffroy (1968), Barbara Petzold (1955), Rosa Kellner (1910), Gert Hofmann (1931), Ines Diers (1963), and Harald Norpoth (1942).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Curt Goetz ranks 69. Before him are Benno von Arent (1898), Johannes Schaaf (1933), Alfred Braun (1888), Dennis Gansel (1973), Kurt Neumann (1908), and Egon Günther (1927). After him are Peter Zadek (1926), Robert Schwentke (1968), Doris Dörrie (1955), Peter Schamoni (1934), Marcus Nispel (1963), and Christoph Schlingensief (1960).

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