FILM DIRECTOR

Egon Günther

1927 - 2017

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Egon Günther (30 March 1927 – 31 August 2017) was a German film director and writer. His film Lotte in Weimar was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. In 1985, his film Morenga was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. He was a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Egon Günther is the 1,376th most popular film director (up from 1,442nd in 2019), the 5,356th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,421st in 2019) and the 68th most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Egon Günther ranks 1,376 out of 2,041. Before him are Clifford Odets, Bent Hamer, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Owen Roizman, Marco Tullio Giordana, and Benoît Lamy. After him are Felix Sobolev, Justin Lin, Laura Poitras, Richard Rush, Guillermo Navarro, and Mahamat Saleh Haroun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Egon Günther ranks 410. Before him are Vladimir Motyl, Edie Adams, John Kander, Juan José Pizzuti, Kees Broekman, and Edward Kienholz. After him are Alvin Sargent, Chris Connor, Tamara Nosova, Leslie Orgel, W. S. Merwin, and Teodor Kocerka. Among people deceased in 2017, Egon Günther ranks 502. Before him are Karel Schoeman, Horacio Guarany, Ahmed Kathrada, Peter Hall, Roberto Cabañas, and David Storey. After him are Uli Vos, Eugenio Bersellini, Türkân Akyol, Reinhold Durnthaler, Ivan Koloff, and František Ševčík.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Egon Günther ranks 5,359 out of 7,253. Before him are Katrin Sass (1956), Sandra Nasić (1976), Walter Moers (1957), Isabell Werth (1969), Philipp Plein (1978), and Brigitte Kronauer (1940). After him are Uli Vos (1946), Lucie Mannheim (1899), Herbert Fandel (1964), Dietmar Woidke (1961), Armin Schwarz (1963), and Dieter Eilts (1964).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Egon Günther ranks 68. Before him are Walter Lassally (1926), Benno von Arent (1898), Johannes Schaaf (1933), Alfred Braun (1888), Dennis Gansel (1973), and Kurt Neumann (1908). After him are Curt Goetz (1888), Peter Zadek (1926), Robert Schwentke (1968), Doris Dörrie (1955), Peter Schamoni (1934), and Marcus Nispel (1963).

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