FILM DIRECTOR

Joseph Vilsmaier

1939 - 2020

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Joseph Vilsmaier (pronounced [ˈjoːzɛf ˈfɪlsmaɪ.ɐ] , 24 January 1939 – 11 February 2020) was a German film director who began his career as a technician and cameraman. He is internationally known for films such as Comedian Harmonists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Vilsmaier is the 888th most popular film director (down from 784th in 2019), the 4,235th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,865th in 2019) and the 46th most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 888 out of 2,041. Before him are Helma Sanders-Brahms, Lev Atamanov, Todd Haynes, Jacques Rozier, Robert Guédiguian, and Bruno Bozzetto. After him are Charles Crichton, Serge Bourguignon, George Pal, Fernando Trueba, Charles Shyer, and Steve Barron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 340. Before him are Charles Geschke, Jerry Allison, Lothar Metz, Khin Nyunt, John Hopcroft, and Luigi Simoni. After him are Adrienne Clarkson, Jacques Vallée, Friedel Lutz, Michael Gothard, Samih al-Qasim, and Jacek Gmoch. Among people deceased in 2020, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 374. Before him are Edén Pastora, Neda Arnerić, Martin Birch, Luigi Simoni, Agnes Simon, and Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. After him are Wolfgang Uhlmann, Nikolai Tanayev, Patrick Devedjian, István Kausz, Veli Lehtelä, and Henryk Gulbinowicz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 4,237 out of 7,253. Before him are Ingrid Gulbin (1943), Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern (1417), Georg von Habsburg (1964), Hans Zender (1936), Alfred Abel (1879), and James Krüss (1926). After him are Jutta Rüdiger (1910), Margot Hielscher (1919), Joachim Ringelnatz (1883), Hugo von Mohl (1805), Wolfgang Uhlmann (1935), and Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1649).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 46. Before him are Wolfgang Staudte (1906), Michael Verhoeven (1938), Edgar Reitz (1932), Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (1935), Christian Petzold (1960), and Helma Sanders-Brahms (1940). After him are Uwe Boll (1965), Marc Forster (1969), Ludwig Berger (1892), Peter Fleischmann (1937), Helmut Käutner (1908), and Frank Beyer (1932).

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