FILM DIRECTOR

Edgar Reitz

1932 - Today

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Edgar Reitz (born 1 November 1932) is a German filmmaker and Professor of Film at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung (State University of Design) in Karlsruhe. He is best-known for his internationally acclaimed Heimat film series (1984–2013). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edgar Reitz is the 830th most popular film director (down from 815th in 2019), the 4,061st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,952nd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Edgar Reitz ranks 830 out of 2,041Before him are Stephen Daldry, Yevgeni Bauer, Edgar G. Ulmer, Luis Trenker, Arturo Ripstein, and Ferzan Özpetek. After him are Mick Jackson, Pyotr Chardynin, Ronald Neame, Alexandre Trauner, Grigory Chukhray, and Henri Decoin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Edgar Reitz ranks 282Before him are U. R. Ananthamurthy, Antonio Roma, Hisashi Owada, Paul J. Weitz, László Sárosi, and József Csermák. After him are Tormod Knutsen, Luis Ayala, Medea Abrahamyan, Antti Hyvärinen, Michel Leblond, and Imre Polyák.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Edgar Reitz ranks 4,063 out of 7,253Before him are Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen (1843), Karl-Heinz Metzner (1923), Cosmas Damian Asam (1686), Rupert Mayer (1876), Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1536), and Heinrich Moritz Willkomm (1821). After him are Basilius Besler (1561), Irm Hermann (1942), Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau (1799), Laura Perls (1905), Inge Scholl (1917), and Hugo Winckler (1863).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Edgar Reitz ranks 42Before him are Peter Stein (1937), Konrad Wolf (1925), Wolfgang Becker (1954), Fatih Akin (1973), Wolfgang Staudte (1906), and Michael Verhoeven (1938). After him are Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (1935), Christian Petzold (1960), Helma Sanders-Brahms (1940), Joseph Vilsmaier (1939), Uwe Boll (1965), and Marc Forster (1969).