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Leni Riefenstahl

1902 - 2003

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Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (German: [ˈleːniː ˈʁiːfn̩ʃtaːl] ; 22 August 1902 – 8 September 2003) was a German film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, photographer, and actress. She is considered one of the most controversial personalities in film history. Regarded by many critics as an "innovative filmmaker and creative aesthete", she is also criticized for her works in the service of propaganda during the Nazi era. A talented swimmer and an artist, Riefenstahl became interested in dancing during her childhood, taking lessons and performing across all Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leni Riefenstahl is the 16th most popular film director, the 148th most popular biography from Germany (down from 119th in 2019) and the most popular German Film Director.

Leni Riefenstahl is most famous for her work as a filmmaker and photographer. She is best known for her iconic film Triumph of the Will, which documented Adolf Hitler's 1934 rally in Nuremberg.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Leni Riefenstahl ranks 16 out of 2,041. Before her are Sergei Eisenstein, Roman Polanski, D. W. Griffith, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Woody Allen, and Pedro Almodóvar. After her are Ridley Scott, Bernardo Bertolucci, Luchino Visconti, Luis Buñuel, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Sergio Leone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Leni Riefenstahl ranks 6. Before her are Ruhollah Khomeini, Charles Lindbergh, Karl Popper, Georgy Malenkov, and Erik Erikson. After her are John Steinbeck, Carl Rogers, Halldór Laxness, Paul Dirac, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Eugene Wigner. Among people deceased in 2003, Leni Riefenstahl ranks 2. Before her is Charles Bronson. After her are Katharine Hepburn, Idi Amin, Heydar Aliyev, Edward Teller, Johnny Cash, Gregory Peck, Alija Izetbegović, Barry White, Robert K. Merton, and Maurice Gibb.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Leni Riefenstahl ranks 148 out of 7,253. Before her are Leopold I of Belgium (1790), Ernst Chain (1906), Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472), Walter Benjamin (1892), Augustus II the Strong (1670), and Eduard Buchner (1860). After her are Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795), Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Alfred Wegener (1880), Friedrich Merz (1955), Friedrich Wöhler (1800), and Theodor W. Adorno (1903).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Leni Riefenstahl ranks 1. After her are Wim Wenders (1945), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945), Michael Haneke (1942), Werner Herzog (1942), F. W. Murnau (1888), Ernst Lubitsch (1892), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Max Ophüls (1902), Roland Emmerich (1955), and Margarethe von Trotta (1942).

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