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Rainer Simon

1941 - Today

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Rainer Simon (born 11 January 1941) is a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1964 and 2000. His How to Marry a King (1969) and Six Make it Through the World (1972) are highly imaginative adaptations of fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers, and together with his 1975 Till Eulenspiegel, which is based on Renaissance stories that had been Christa and Gerhard Wolf recast into a film narration incorporating period history, present a very substantial contribution to World Cinema's carnivalesque film genre. His 1985 film The Woman and the Stranger won the Golden Bear award at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Rainer Simon is the 1,711th most popular film director (down from 1,675th in 2024), the 5,850th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,802nd in 2019) and the 82nd most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Rainer Simon ranks 1,711 out of 2,041. Before him are Ken Hughes, Dan Laustsen, Ramanand Sagar, Rory Kennedy, Mantas Kvedaravičius, and Karan Johar. After him are Khadija al-Salami, Mari Okada, Huner Saleem, Charles Brabin, Trevor Nunn, and Neil Marshall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Rainer Simon ranks 613. Before him are Trent Lott, Nambi Narayanan, Lesley Stahl, Alan Mullery, Michael Mukasey, and Frederick Hauck. After him are Frederick D. Gregory, Barrett Strong, Yasmeen Lari, Tommy Kirk, Arun Shourie, and Donna Shalala.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rainer Simon ranks 5,853 out of 7,253. Before him are Roland Wieser (1956), Frank-Peter Roetsch (1964), Peter Fox (1971), Stefan Klos (1971), Michael Schulz (1961), and Bernd Riexinger (1955). After him are Michael Rensing (1984), Jan Frodeno (1981), Nele Neuhaus (1967), Albrecht Mayer (1965), Dirk Schuster (1967), and Lars Stindl (1988).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Rainer Simon ranks 82. Before him are Marcus Nispel (1963), Christoph Schlingensief (1960), Dominik Moll (1962), Caroline Link (1964), Maren Ade (1976), and Hito Steyerl (1966). After him are Detlev Buck (1962), Oskar Roehler (1959), Florian Gallenberger (1972), Sebastian Schipper (1968), Emily Atef (1973), and Nicolette Krebitz (1972).

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