FILM DIRECTOR

Frank Beyer

1932 - 2006

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Frank Paul Beyer (German: [fʁaŋk ˈbaɪ.ɐ] ; 26 May 1932 – 1 October 2006) was a German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA and directed films that dealt mostly with the Nazi era and contemporary East Germany. His film Trace of Stones was banned for 20 years in 1966 by the ruling SED. His 1975 film Jacob the Liar was the only East German film ever nominated for an Academy Award. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 until his death he mostly directed television films. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Beyer is the 985th most popular film director (up from 1,062nd in 2019), the 4,518th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,644th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Frank Beyer ranks 985 out of 2,041Before him are András Kovács, Louis Daquin, Francis Lawrence, Shane Black, Tian Zhuangzhuang, and Tosca Musk. After him are Randal Kleiser, Lajos Koltai, Elia Suleiman, Ringo Lam, Gérard Corbiau, and Shawn Levy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Frank Beyer ranks 332Before him are Yash Chopra, Vladimir Yengibaryan, Sergio Toppi, Sanpei Shirato, Leonid Spirin, and Marc Fumaroli. After him are Billy Evans, Marcia Neugebauer, Richard Lugar, Solomon W. Golomb, Ray Reardon, and René Bliard. Among people deceased in 2006, Frank Beyer ranks 246Before him are Theodore Levitt, Runer Jonsson, Ray Barretto, Paul Arizin, Wolfgang Unzicker, and Jaroslav Pelikan. After him are Jimmy Johnstone, Eugene Lazowski, Mary Boyce, Savino Guglielmetti, Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, and Annette Rogers.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frank Beyer ranks 4,521 out of 7,253Before him are Juliane Köhler (1965), Jakob Streitle (1916), Friedrich Kittler (1943), Theodor Hoffmann (1935), Eduard Sievers (1850), and Nicolaus Michael Oppel (1782). After him are Eberhard Jäckel (1929), Charlotte Auerbach (1899), Ludwig Mond (1839), Gustav Lindau (1866), Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854), and Jeri Ryan (1968).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Frank Beyer ranks 52Before him are Joseph Vilsmaier (1939), Uwe Boll (1965), Marc Forster (1969), Ludwig Berger (1892), Peter Fleischmann (1937), and Helmut Käutner (1908). After him are Helmut Dietl (1944), Curtis Bernhardt (1899), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (1973), Kurt Maetzig (1911), Gerhard Lamprecht (1897), and Georg Jacoby (1882).