FILM DIRECTOR

František Vláčil

1924 - 1999

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František Vláčil (19 February 1924 – 27 January 1999) was a Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist. From 1945 to 1950, he studied aesthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno. Later, he worked in various groups and ateliers (e.g. on animated films), but his main focus became played film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. František Vláčil is the 755th most popular film director (down from 741st in 2019), the 485th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 466th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Czech Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, František Vláčil ranks 755 out of 2,041. Before him are Clyde Geronimi, Chris Carter, Matthew Vaughn, Vojtěch Jasný, Norman McLaren, and Jean-Pierre Mocky. After him are Allan Dwan, Sergio Martino, Paul Greengrass, Bruno Mattei, Dadasaheb Phalke, and Gareth Edwards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, František Vláčil ranks 269. Before him are Karen Harup, Aleksandar Tišma, Gloria Vanderbilt, Basil Bernstein, A. B. Bardhan, and Marcel Domingo. After him are Navvab Safavi, Leslie Phillips, Russell M. Nelson, Azucena Villaflor, Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and Max van der Stoel. Among people deceased in 1999, František Vláčil ranks 147. Before him are Tamás Mendelényi, Richard Kiley, Teuvo Aura, Nise da Silveira, Tatevik Sazandaryan, and Allen Stack. After him are Joshua Nkomo, Ellen Corby, Harry Edison, Susan Strasberg, Nilde Iotti, and Giuseppe Delfino.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, František Vláčil ranks 485 out of 1,200. Before him are Ivan Passer (1933), Elmar Klos (1910), Olga Fikotová (1932), Eduard Čech (1893), Jiří Dienstbier (1937), and Vojtěch Jasný (1925). After him are Miroslav Ondříček (1934), August von Pelzeln (1825), Tadeáš Hájek (1525), Hana Mandlíková (1962), Jiří Wolker (1900), and Joseph Johann von Littrow (1781).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, František Vláčil ranks 18. Before him are František Čáp (1913), Jan Němec (1936), Karel Lamač (1897), Ivan Passer (1933), Elmar Klos (1910), and Vojtěch Jasný (1925). After him are Harun Farocki (1944), Edgar G. Ulmer (1904), Gustav Machatý (1901), Oldřich Lipský (1924), Karel Kachyňa (1924), and Martin Frič (1902).

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