FILM DIRECTOR

Douglas Sirk

1897 - 1987

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Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war films. Sirk started his career in Germany as a stage and screen director, but he left for Hollywood in 1937 after his Jewish wife was persecuted by the Nazis. In the 1950s, he achieved his greatest commercial success with film melodramas Magnificent Obsession, All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind, A Time to Love and a Time to Die, and Imitation of Life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Sirk is the 267th most popular film director (down from 205th in 2019), the 1,538th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,207th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Douglas Sirk ranks 267 out of 2,041. Before him are Jane Campion, Roger Corman, Jean Epstein, Gus Van Sant, Claude Sautet, and Rouben Mamoulian. After him are Jerzy Stuhr, Gojko Mitić, Souleymane Cissé, Béla Tarr, Terence Young, and Nanni Moretti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Douglas Sirk ranks 81. Before him are Philippe Soupault, Ana Aslan, Lester B. Pearson, Jean Epstein, Tarjei Vesaas, and Rouben Mamoulian. After him are Carl Oberg, Judith Anderson, Winifred Wagner, Lepke Buchalter, Thornton Wilder, and Károly Kerényi. Among people deceased in 1987, Douglas Sirk ranks 45. Before him are Jaco Pastorius, Erskine Caldwell, James Baldwin, Gretl Braun, Yakov Zeldovich, and Rouben Mamoulian. After him are Américo Tomás, James Tiptree Jr., Alistair MacLean, Henry Ford II, John Hammond, and Randolph Scott.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Douglas Sirk ranks 1,538 out of 7,253. Before him are Sebastian Kneipp (1821), Fabian von Schlabrendorff (1907), Karl Richter (1926), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884), Albert Günther (1830), and Karl August von Hardenberg (1750). After him are Walther Gerlach (1889), Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal (1861), Alice Weidel (1979), Annemarie Schimmel (1922), and Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1831).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Douglas Sirk ranks 15. Before him are Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Max Ophüls (1902), Roland Emmerich (1955), Margarethe von Trotta (1942), Thea von Harbou (1888), and Mike Nichols (1931). After him are Robert Siodmak (1900), Lotte Reiniger (1899), Veit Harlan (1899), Gustaf Gründgens (1899), Wolfgang Reitherman (1909), and Walter Frentz (1907).

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