PRODUCER
Erich Pommer
1889 - 1966

Erich Pommer
Erich Pommer (20 July 1889 – 8 May 1966) was a German-born film producer and executive. Pommer was perhaps the most powerful person in the German and European film industries in the 1920s and early 1930s. As producer, Erich Pommer was involved in the German Expressionist film movement during the silent era. As the head of production at Decla Film, Decla-Bioskop, and, from 1924 to 1926, at UFA, Pommer was responsible for many of the best known movies of the Weimar Republic such as The Cabinet of Dr. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Pommer is the 38th most popular producer (up from 40th in 2019), the 3,529th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,725th in 2019) and the most popular German Producer.
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Among PRODUCERS
Among producers, Erich Pommer ranks 38 out of 140. Before him are Marc Platt, Fred Quimby, Albert S. Ruddy, Walter Legge, Andrew G. Vajna, and Alberto Grimaldi. After him are Luis Rodríguez, Boney Kapoor, Mike Todd, Saul Zaentz, Michael G. Wilson, and David Heyman.
Most Popular Producers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsMarc Platt
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 32
Fred Quimby
1886 - 1965
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 33
Albert S. Ruddy
1930 - 2024
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 34
Walter Legge
1906 - 1979
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 35
Andrew G. Vajna
1944 - 2019
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 36
Alberto Grimaldi
1925 - 2021
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 37
Erich Pommer
1889 - 1966
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 38
Luis Rodríguez
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 39
Boney Kapoor
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 40
Mike Todd
1909 - 1958
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 41
Saul Zaentz
1921 - 2014
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 42
Michael G. Wilson
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 43
David Heyman
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 44
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1889, Erich Pommer ranks 154. Before him are Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, Bodil Ipsen, Larry Semon, Robert Z. Leonard, Ki Hajar Dewantara, and Adrian Boult. After him are Zhang Qun, James Whale, Alexander Antonov, Louis Van Hege, Hans Tropsch, and Dorothy Gibson. Among people deceased in 1966, Erich Pommer ranks 118. Before him are Lenny Bruce, Agostinho Fortes Filho, Natacha Rambova, Julie Manet, Vicente Rojo Lluch, and Joe Spence. After him are C. S. Forester, Anna Langfus, Arthur Waley, Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Alfred Berger, and Nikolay Cherkasov.
Others Born in 1889
Go to all RankingsMuhammad Jamalul Alam II
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1924
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 148
Bodil Ipsen
ACTOR
1889 - 1964
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 149
Larry Semon
ACTOR
1889 - 1928
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 150
Robert Z. Leonard
FILM DIRECTOR
1889 - 1968
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 151
Ki Hajar Dewantara
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1959
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 152
Adrian Boult
CONDUCTOR
1889 - 1983
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 153
Erich Pommer
PRODUCER
1889 - 1966
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 154
Zhang Qun
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1990
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 155
James Whale
FILM DIRECTOR
1889 - 1957
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 156
Alexander Antonov
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1889 - 1922
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 157
Louis Van Hege
SOCCER PLAYER
1889 - 1975
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 158
Hans Tropsch
CHEMIST
1889 - 1935
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 159
Dorothy Gibson
ACTOR
1889 - 1946
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 160
Others Deceased in 1966
Go to all RankingsLenny Bruce
COMEDIAN
1925 - 1966
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 112
Agostinho Fortes Filho
SOCCER PLAYER
1901 - 1966
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 113
Natacha Rambova
FILM DIRECTOR
1897 - 1966
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 114
Julie Manet
PAINTER
1878 - 1966
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 115
Vicente Rojo Lluch
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1894 - 1966
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 116
Joe Spence
SOCCER PLAYER
1898 - 1966
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 117
Erich Pommer
PRODUCER
1889 - 1966
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 118
C. S. Forester
WRITER
1899 - 1966
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 119
Anna Langfus
WRITER
1920 - 1966
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 120
Arthur Waley
WRITER
1889 - 1966
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 121
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü
POLITICIAN
1890 - 1966
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 122
Alfred Berger
SKATER
1894 - 1966
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 123
Nikolay Cherkasov
ACTOR
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 124
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Erich Pommer ranks 3,531 out of 7,253. Before him are Cornelius Gurlitt (1820), Johann Karl Rodbertus (1805), Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798), Kurt von der Chevallerie (1891), Karl Muck (1859), and Heinrich Tessenow (1876). After him are Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1675), Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz (1666), Friedrich von Esmarch (1823), Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1827), Fritz Julius Kuhn (1896), and Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854).
Others born in Germany
Go to all RankingsCornelius Gurlitt
COMPOSER
1820 - 1901
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 3,525
Johann Karl Rodbertus
ECONOMIST
1805 - 1875
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 3,526
Eduard Friedrich Poeppig
BIOLOGIST
1798 - 1868
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 3,527
Kurt von der Chevallerie
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1891 - 1945
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 3,528
Karl Muck
CONDUCTOR
1859 - 1940
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 3,529
Heinrich Tessenow
ARCHITECT
1876 - 1950
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 3,530
Erich Pommer
PRODUCER
1889 - 1966
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 3,531
Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
POLITICIAN
1675 - 1713
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 3,532
Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz
POLITICIAN
1666 - 1725
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 3,533
Friedrich von Esmarch
PHYSICIAN
1823 - 1908
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 3,534
Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
NOBLEMAN
1827 - 1879
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 3,535
Fritz Julius Kuhn
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1896 - 1951
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 3,536
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner
POLITICIAN
1854 - 1925
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 3,537
Among PRODUCERS In Germany
Among producers born in Germany, Erich Pommer ranks 1. After him are Oskar Messter (1866), and Rick McCallum (1954).
Erich Pommer
1889 - 1966
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 1
Oskar Messter
1866 - 1943
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 2
Rick McCallum
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 3