FILM DIRECTOR

Karel Reisz

1926 - 2002

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Karel Reisz (21 July 1926 – 25 November 2002) was a Czech-born British filmmaker and film critic, one of the pioneers of the new realist strain in British cinema during the 1950s and 1960s. Two of the best-known films he directed are Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), a classic of kitchen sink realism, and the romantic period drama The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Reisz is the 418th most popular film director (down from 398th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 256th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Czech Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Karel Reisz ranks 418 out of 2,041. Before him are M. Night Shyamalan, Gustav Ucicky, Olivier Assayas, Jacques Copeau, John Landis, and Denys Arcand. After him are Saul Bass, John Guillermin, Christian-Jaque, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Bo Widerberg, and Sofia Coppola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Karel Reisz ranks 153. Before him are Gordon Scott, Valerio Zurlini, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, Jérôme Lejeune, Zinaida Portnova, and Jeffrey Hunter. After him are Morton Feldman, Philippe Chatrier, Amadeo Carrizo, Per Wahlöö, Jambyn Batmönkh, and Sergio Pininfarina. Among people deceased in 2002, Karel Reisz ranks 99. Before him are Uziel Gal, Roberto Matta, Branko Stanković, Spyros Kyprianou, Joseph Luns, and Michail Stasinopoulos. After him are J. Lee Thompson, Daniel Gélin, Dee Dee Ramone, Lionel Hampton, Michel Henry, and Nikolai Amosov.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karel Reisz ranks 272 out of 1,200. Before him are Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729), Pavel Haas (1899), Alois Hába (1893), Beatrice of Luxembourg (1305), Joseph Škoda (1805), and Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (1064). After him are Alois Eliáš (1890), Karl Fritzsch (1903), Tomáš Špidlík (1919), Vincenz Priessnitz (1799), Josef Abrhám (1939), and Vladimír Remek (1948).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Karel Reisz ranks 8. Before him are Jiří Menzel (1938), Jan Švankmajer (1934), G. W. Pabst (1885), Věra Chytilová (1929), Karel Zeman (1910), and Jiří Trnka (1912). After him are Václav Vorlíček (1930), Otakar Vávra (1911), Karl Freund (1890), František Čáp (1913), Jan Němec (1936), and Karel Lamač (1897).

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