FILM DIRECTOR

Otakar Vávra

1911 - 2011

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Otakar Vávra (28 February 1911 – 15 September 2011) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otakar Vávra is the 577th most popular film director (up from 720th in 2019), the 373rd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 452nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Czech Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Otakar Vávra ranks 577 out of 2,041. Before him are Grigori Kozintsev, David Chase, Giovanni Pastrone, Damien Chazelle, Patricio Guzmán, and Boris Barnet. After him are Asghar Farhadi, Arthur Hiller, Moshé Mizrahi, Tom Tykwer, Dan O'Bannon, and Hal Ashby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Otakar Vávra ranks 148. Before him are Aliya bint Ali, Maclyn McCarty, William T. Stearn, Tilly Fleischer, George Borg Olivier, and Leah Goldberg. After him are Mirzo Tursunzoda, Marta Hillers, John C. Woods, Abderrahmane Farès, Clara Rockmore, and E. F. Schumacher. Among people deceased in 2011, Otakar Vávra ranks 160. Before him are Robert Brout, Takaji Mori, Arnfinn Bergmann, George Baker, Claude Choules, and Bora Kostić. After him are Kurt Sanderling, Diane Cilento, Montserrat Figueras, Anne McCaffrey, Wiel Coerver, and Randy Savage.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Otakar Vávra ranks 373 out of 1,200. Before him are Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe (1868), Marta Kubišová (1942), Christian Mayer (1719), Zdeněk Fierlinger (1891), Gabriel von Max (1840), and Ivan Mládek (1942). After him are Antonín Vranický (1761), Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791), Rudolf Beran (1887), Jan Václav Voříšek (1791), Zdeněk Burian (1905), and Franz Konwitschny (1901).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Otakar Vávra ranks 10. Before him are G. W. Pabst (1885), Věra Chytilová (1929), Karel Zeman (1910), Jiří Trnka (1912), Karel Reisz (1926), and Václav Vorlíček (1930). After him are Karl Freund (1890), František Čáp (1913), Jan Němec (1936), Karel Lamač (1897), Ivan Passer (1933), and Elmar Klos (1910).

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