FILM DIRECTOR

Kurt Maetzig

1911 - 2012

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Kurt Maetzig (25 January 1911 – 8 August 2012) was a German film director who had a significant effect on the film industry in East Germany. He was one of the most respected filmmakers of the GDR. After his retirement he lived in Wildkuhl, Mecklenburg, and had three children. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Maetzig is the 1,090th most popular film director (down from 982nd in 2019), the 4,758th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,444th in 2019) and the 56th most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kurt Maetzig ranks 1,090 out of 2,041. Before him are David Cherkassky, Štefan Uher, Gaston Kaboré, Christopher Landon, Eduardo Serra, and Larry Cohen. After him are Kei Kumai, Mitchell Leisen, Fridrikh Ermler, Edmond Keosayan, Peter Farrelly, and Danièle Thompson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Kurt Maetzig ranks 288. Before him are Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Lisa Fonssagrives, Sten Suvio, Jack Finney, Jean Cayrol, and Alan Hovhaness. After him are Sakari Tuomioja, Maurice Perrin, Constantin Stanciu, Tokiharu Abe, Heinrich Mark, and Bruno Heim. Among people deceased in 2012, Kurt Maetzig ranks 314. Before him are Phyllis Diller, Klaus Köste, Ian Abercrombie, Phillip V. Tobias, Claude Cheysson, and Jim Marshall. After him are Luis Aponte Martínez, Aleksandr Belyavsky, Art Larsen, Ervin Zádor, István Rózsavölgyi, and Alketas Panagoulias.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Kurt Maetzig ranks 4,761 out of 7,253. Before him are David Garrett (1980), Petra Felke (1959), Mirjam Pressler (1940), Willi Giesemann (1937), Dieter Krause (1936), and Botho Strauß (1944). After him are Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff (1807), Anita Rée (1885), Hermann Hirt (1865), Elias Holl (1573), Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815), and Thomas Quasthoff (1959).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Kurt Maetzig ranks 56. Before him are Peter Fleischmann (1937), Helmut Käutner (1908), Frank Beyer (1932), Helmut Dietl (1944), Curtis Bernhardt (1899), and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (1973). After him are Gerhard Lamprecht (1897), Georg Jacoby (1882), Kurt Hoffmann (1910), Werner Klingler (1903), Erik Ode (1910), and Walter Lassally (1926).

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