FILM DIRECTOR

Karel Lamač

1897 - 1952

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Karel Lamač (27 January 1897 – 2 August 1952) was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and singer. He directed more than 100 films in Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Lamač is the 710th most popular film director (up from 734th in 2019), the 462nd most popular biography from Czechia and the 14th most popular Czech Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Karel Lamač ranks 710 out of 2,041Before him are George Seaton, Bruno Nuytten, Bob Gale, Benoît Jacquot, Andrew Niccol, and Brad Bird. After him are Nana Jorjadze, Alberto Cavalcanti, Yoji Yamada, Terence Fisher, Barry Sonnenfeld, and David O. Russell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Karel Lamač ranks 177Before him are Pavel Batov, Kurt Feldt, Nima Yooshij, Pierre Fresnay, Nicholas Poppe, and Paavo Talvela. After him are Dorothy Day, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, Alberto Cavalcanti, Ram Prasad Bismil, J. L. B. Smith, and Henry Cowell. Among people deceased in 1952, Karel Lamač ranks 98Before him are Petros Persakis, Mariano Azuela, D. S. Senanayake, Mauno Pekkala, Gino Fano, and Franz John. After him are Alberto Hurtado, Filippos Karvelas, László Berti, Arturo Rawson, Alberto Savinio, and Nikos Beloyannis.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karel Lamač ranks 462 out of 1,200Before him are Bohumil Kubišta (1884), Václav Brožík (1851), Jan Werich (1906), Jiří Tichý (1933), Yehuda Bauer (1926), and Helena Suková (1965). After him are Milena Hübschmannová (1933), Vladimír Špidla (1951), Ludvík Daněk (1937), Karel Roden (1962), Václav Hanka (1791), and Eugen Sänger (1905).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Karel Lamač ranks 14Before him are Karel Reisz (1926), Václav Vorlíček (1930), Otakar Vávra (1911), Karl Freund (1890), František Čáp (1913), and Jan Němec (1936). After him are Ivan Passer (1933), Elmar Klos (1910), Vojtěch Jasný (1925), František Vláčil (1924), Harun Farocki (1944), and Edgar G. Ulmer (1904).