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Hito Steyerl

1966 - Today

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Hito Steyerl (born 1 January 1966) is a German filmmaker, moving image artist, writer, and innovator of the essay documentary. Her principal topics of interest are media, technology, and the global circulation of images. Steyerl holds a PhD in philosophy from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She has been a professor of Current Digital Media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich since 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hito Steyerl is the 1,639th most popular film director (down from 1,608th in 2019), the 5,756th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,667th in 2019) and the 79th most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hito Steyerl ranks 1,639 out of 2,041. Before her are Bimal Roy, Erle C. Kenton, Rick Rosenthal, Todd Solondz, Lisa Cholodenko, and Sergey Mikaelyan. After her are Felix van Groeningen, Gianfranco Rosi, Fernando León de Aranoa, Ari Aster, Shirley Clarke, and Deran Sarafian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Hito Steyerl ranks 462. Before her are Daniel Plaza, Lutz Heilmann, Dimitris Lyacos, José Ángel Ziganda, Alfonso Menéndez, and Antônio Rinaldo Gonçalves. After her are Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, Louis Ferreira, Roman Kosecki, Sabine Moussier, Andrew Wood, and Valdas Ivanauskas.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hito Steyerl ranks 5,759 out of 7,253. Before her are Heike Henkel (1964), Yann Aurel Bisseck (2000), Robert F. Wagner (1877), Alexander Hacke (1965), Sigi Schmid (1953), and Oliver Reck (1965). After her are Nico Schlotterbeck (1999), Markus Schulz (1975), Reinhold Ewald (1956), Willi Orban (1992), Sabine Moussier (1966), and Peter Wohlleben (1964).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Hito Steyerl ranks 79. Before her are Peter Schamoni (1934), Marcus Nispel (1963), Christoph Schlingensief (1960), Dominik Moll (1962), Caroline Link (1964), and Maren Ade (1976). After her are Rainer Simon (1941), Detlev Buck (1962), Oskar Roehler (1959), Florian Gallenberger (1972), Sebastian Schipper (1968), and Emily Atef (1973).

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