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Robert Frank

1924 - 2019

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Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019) was a Swiss American photographer and documentary filmmaker. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled The Americans, earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day de Tocqueville for his fresh and nuanced outsider's view of American society. Critic Sean O'Hagan, writing in The Guardian in 2014, said The Americans "changed the nature of photography, what it could say and how it could say it. [ ... Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Frank is the 538th most popular film director (down from 314th in 2019), the 295th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 165th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Robert Frank ranks 538 out of 2,041. Before him are Philip Kaufman, Shin Sang-ok, André Delvaux, Lee Chang-dong, Peter Yates, and Derek Jarman. After him are Luis García Berlanga, George P. Cosmatos, Alexander Kluge, Renato Castellani, Hong Sang-soo, and Amos Gitai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Robert Frank ranks 177. Before him are Grégoire Kayibanda, Daniel Inouye, Rudolf Barshai, Juan Ponce Enrile, Jean Bartik, and Élias Sarkis. After him are Ruth Teitelbaum, Renia Spiegel, Claude Lefort, Ján Chryzostom Korec, José Donoso, and S. N. Goenka. Among people deceased in 2019, Robert Frank ranks 179. Before him are Juice Wrld, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, George Hilton, Eva Mozes Kor, Herman Wouk, and Dick Dale. After him are Waldo Machado, Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Sue Lyon, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, José Luis Brown, and Marie-José Nat.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Robert Frank ranks 295 out of 1,015. Before him are Peter Bichsel (1935), Johann Schneider-Ammann (1952), Peter Bieri (1944), Heinrich Sutermeister (1910), Ignazio Cassis (1961), and Oswald Heer (1809). After him are Michelle Hunziker (1977), Julius Maggi (1846), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), Princess Elena of Romania (1950), Carl Meissner (1800), and Flavio Cotti (1939).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Switzerland

Among film directors born in Switzerland, Robert Frank ranks 4. Before him are Alain Tanner (1929), Marc Allégret (1900), and Claude Goretta (1929). After him are Daniel Schmid (1941), Henri Colpi (1921), Arthur Cohn (1927), Eugeniusz Bodo (1899), Baran bo Odar (1978), and Dani Levy (1957).

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