FILM DIRECTOR

Karel Zeman

1910 - 1989

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Karel Zeman (3 November 1910 – 5 April 1989) was a Czech film director, artist, production designer and animator. He is best known for directing fantasy films combining live-action footage with animation, including Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) and Invention for Destruction (1958). Because of his creative use of special effects and animation in his films, he has often been called the "Czech Méliès". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Zeman is the 278th most popular film director (down from 247th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 169th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Czech Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Karel Zeman ranks 278 out of 2,041. Before him are Terence Young, Nanni Moretti, Robert Siodmak, Mario Bava, Bigas Luna, and Philippe de Broca. After him are Ousmane Sembène, Andrew Davis, Damiano Damiani, Mikhail Kalatozov, Gabriel Axel, and Wes Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Karel Zeman ranks 71. Before him are Galina Ulanova, A. J. Ayer, Ferdinand Daučík, Kim Il, John Sturges, and Imi Lichtenfeld. After him are John Hammond, Ruan Lingyu, Aladár Gerevich, Dorothea Tanning, Pavel Batitsky, and Barthélemy Boganda. Among people deceased in 1989, Karel Zeman ranks 66. Before him are A. J. Ayer, Rashid Behbudov, R. D. Laing, Werner Best, Kaoru Ishikawa, and Kazimierz Deyna. After him are Princess Deokhye, Luis Carlos Galán, Leonardo Sciascia, Lucille Ball, Minoru Genda, and Józef Cyrankiewicz.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karel Zeman ranks 190 out of 1,200. Before him are Eduard Bloch (1872), Jan Patočka (1907), Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia (970), Vlastimil Hort (1944), Petr Fiala (1964), and Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary (1335). After him are Tomáš Rosický (1980), Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia (950), Catherine of Bohemia (1342), Wenceslaus Hollar (1607), Libuše Šafránková (1953), and Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria (1860).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Karel Zeman ranks 6. Before him are Miloš Forman (1932), Jiří Menzel (1938), Jan Švankmajer (1934), G. W. Pabst (1885), and Věra Chytilová (1929). After him are Jiří Trnka (1912), Karel Reisz (1926), Václav Vorlíček (1930), Otakar Vávra (1911), Karl Freund (1890), and František Čáp (1913).

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