FILM DIRECTOR

G. W. Pabst

1885 - 1967

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Georg Wilhelm Pabst (25 August 1885 – 29 May 1967) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He started as an actor and theater director, before becoming one of the most influential German-language filmmakers during the Weimar Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. G. W. Pabst is the 190th most popular film director (up from 248th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 170th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Film Director.

G.W. Pabst is most famous for the film Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, G. W. Pabst ranks 190 out of 2,041. Before him are Ed Wood, Sean Baker, Joris Ivens, Arthur Penn, Chantal Akerman, and Jafar Panahi. After him are Jean Negulesco, Dino Risi, Joel Schumacher, Vincente Minnelli, Margarethe von Trotta, and Guillermo del Toro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, G. W. Pabst ranks 47. Before him are Tamara Karsavina, Giacomo Matteotti, Luigi Russolo, Otto Klemperer, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, and Jules Pascin. After him are Romano Guardini, Will Durant, Velimir Khlebnikov, Christian Wirth, Franz Böhme, and Sacha Guitry. Among people deceased in 1967, G. W. Pabst ranks 52. Before him are Joseph Pilates, Brian Epstein, Totò, Shukri al-Quwatli, Robert van Gulik, and Violeta Parra. After him are Vladimir Bartol, Luigi Tenco, Otis Redding, Anthony Mann, Gregory Goodwin Pincus, and Hugo Gernsback.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, G. W. Pabst ranks 139 out of 1,200. Before him are Alfred Brendel (1931), Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (932), Stanislav Grof (1931), Adalbert Stifter (1805), Rudolf Slánský (1901), and Eduard Hanslick (1825). After him are Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867), Alfred Kubin (1877), Franz Benda (1709), Michael Czerny (1946), Barbara Bouchet (1943), and Antonín Zápotocký (1884).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, G. W. Pabst ranks 4. Before him are Miloš Forman (1932), Jiří Menzel (1938), and Jan Švankmajer (1934). After him are Věra Chytilová (1929), Karel Zeman (1910), Jiří Trnka (1912), Karel Reisz (1926), Václav Vorlíček (1930), Otakar Vávra (1911), Karl Freund (1890), and František Čáp (1913).

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