FILM DIRECTOR

Johannes Schaaf

1933 - 2019

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Johannes Schaaf (7 April 1933 – 1 November 2019) was a German film, theatre and opera director and actor. Several of his films have been internationally recognized. His focus shifted to opera in the 1980s and he worked with many of the leading international opera houses within Europe, and was invited to direct at several renowned opera houses in the United States and Asia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Schaaf is the 1,337th most popular film director (up from 1,455th in 2019), the 5,297th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,446th in 2019) and the 64th most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Johannes Schaaf ranks 1,337 out of 2,041. Before him are Howard Zieff, Robert Eggers, Vytautas Žalakevičius, Yuli Raizman, Oumarou Ganda, and Carlos Saldanha. After him are Vladimir Motyl, Jon Turteltaub, David Frankel, Howard Deutch, Pál Gábor, and Matteo Garrone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Johannes Schaaf ranks 453. Before him are Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili, Annie Easley, Dušanka Sifnios, Joe Orton, Murray Halberg, and Jonathan Penrose. After him are Seydou Diarra, Boris Razinsky, Ellen Winther, Michael Novak, Kathryn Crosby, and Ahmed al-Senussi. Among people deceased in 2019, Johannes Schaaf ranks 460. Before him are Sidney Verba, Donald Kalpokas, Borka Pavićević, Stanton T. Friedman, Russi Taylor, and Jed Allan. After him are Sara Danius, Juan Rodríguez, Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Blanca Fernández Ochoa, Bernard Tchoullouyan, and Ron Leibman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johannes Schaaf ranks 5,300 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto Bartning (1883), Kai Havertz (1999), Herbert Gruber (1942), Florian Wirtz (2003), Max Streibl (1932), and Walter Giller (1927). After him are Katharine Cornell (1893), Tomer Sisley (1974), Helga Niessen Masthoff (1941), Tobias Sammet (1977), Christopher Franke (1953), and Josef Streb (1912).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Johannes Schaaf ranks 64. Before him are Georg Jacoby (1882), Kurt Hoffmann (1910), Werner Klingler (1903), Erik Ode (1910), Walter Lassally (1926), and Benno von Arent (1898). After him are Alfred Braun (1888), Dennis Gansel (1973), Kurt Neumann (1908), Egon Günther (1927), Curt Goetz (1888), and Peter Zadek (1926).

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