FILM DIRECTOR

Ján Kadár

1918 - 1979

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Ján Kadár (1 April 1918 – 1 June 1979) was a Slovak film writer and director of Jewish heritage. As a filmmaker, he worked in Czechoslovakia, the United States, and Canada. Most of his films were directed in tandem with Elmar Klos. The two became best known for their Oscar-winning The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze, 1965). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ján Kadár is the 512th most popular film director (up from 581st in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 320th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Hungarian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ján Kadár ranks 512 out of 2,041. Before him are Vicente Aranda, Clarence Brown, Richard Thorpe, Renny Harlin, Werner Schroeter, and Glauber Rocha. After him are Mike Leigh, Don Bluth, Louis Feuillade, Michel Gondry, Mika Kaurismäki, and Grigori Aleksandrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Ján Kadár ranks 130. Before him are Ángel Labruna, Teresa Wright, Raimon Panikkar, Igor Ansoff, Marie Smith Jones, and David Ausubel. After him are Willi Graf, Hella Haasse, Aldo van Eyck, Shankar Dayal Sharma, Humaira Begum, and George Mosse. Among people deceased in 1979, Ján Kadár ranks 101. Before him are José Della Torre, Gio Ponti, Vagif Mustafazadeh, Ethel Smith, Zhang Guotao, and Preguinho. After him are José María Velasco Ibarra, Merle Oberon, Antun Augustinčić, Arno Schmidt, Carl Laemmle Jr., and Ita Rina.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ján Kadár ranks 296 out of 1,077. Before him are Philip de László (1869), Rezső Seress (1889), Katalin Novák (1977), Frigyes Riesz (1880), Nándor Dáni (1871), and Béni Kállay (1839). After him are Frigyes Karinthy (1887), David Schwarz (1850), Leó Weiner (1885), László Mednyánszky (1852), Zoltán Fábri (1917), and Dezső Novák (1939).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Hungary

Among film directors born in Hungary, Ján Kadár ranks 9. Before him are Miklós Jancsó (1921), Béla Tarr (1955), Adolph Zukor (1873), Márta Mészáros (1931), Ladislao Vajda (1906), and Andre DeToth (1913). After him are Zoltán Fábri (1917), László Benedek (1905), Ildikó Enyedi (1955), Charles Vidor (1900), Andrew Marton (1904), and Ferenc Kósa (1937).

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