FILM DIRECTOR

Michael Verhoeven

1938 - 2024

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Michael Alexander Verhoeven (13 July 1938 – 22 April 2024) was a German film director, screenwriter, film and television producer, and actor. He was also a qualified Doctor of Medicine. He was considered a political filmmaker. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Verhoeven is the 816th most popular film director (down from 788th in 2019), the 4,029th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,873rd in 2019) and the 41st most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michael Verhoeven ranks 816 out of 2,041. Before him are Gordon Douglas, Paul Morrissey, Richard Marquand, Jack Cardiff, Želimir Žilnik, and Todd Phillips. After him are Jack Clayton, Herbert Brenon, Johan Renck, Goran Paskaljević, Gérard Pirès, and Mohammad Rasoulof.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Michael Verhoeven ranks 327. Before him are Boris Melnikov, Boris Mikhailov, Paul Morrissey, Anar Rzayev, Tommy Chong, and Herbert Achternbusch. After him are Henk Groot, Sanjeev Kumar, Eve Kivi, Jay Garner, Barry Dennen, and Tomislav Knez. Among people deceased in 2024, Michael Verhoeven ranks 282. Before him are John Haglelgam, Edna O'Brien, Frank Auerbach, Paul Morrissey, Gisela Birkemeyer, and Denílson Custódio Machado. After him are Rosie Reyes, Lou Donaldson, Milan Nenadić, Bernard Pivot, Luis Ayala, and Guy Bonnet.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michael Verhoeven ranks 4,031 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst Baier (1905), Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter (1733), Nelson Piquet Jr. (1985), Franz Ehrle (1845), Herbert Achternbusch (1938), and Bodo Ramelow (1956). After him are Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794), Carlos Marín (1968), Arno Peters (1916), Karl Hofer (1878), Uwe Rahn (1962), and Kurt Adolff (1921).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Michael Verhoeven ranks 41. Before him are Herbert Selpin (1904), Peter Stein (1937), Konrad Wolf (1925), Wolfgang Becker (1954), Fatih Akin (1973), and Wolfgang Staudte (1906). After him are Edgar Reitz (1932), Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (1935), Christian Petzold (1960), Helma Sanders-Brahms (1940), Joseph Vilsmaier (1939), and Uwe Boll (1965).

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