FILM DIRECTOR

Walerian Borowczyk

1923 - 2006

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Walerian Borowczyk (21 October 1923 – 3 February 2006) was a Polish film director described by film critics as a "genius who also happened to be a pornographer". He directed 40 films between 1946 and 1988. Borowczyk settled in Paris in 1959. As a film director, he worked mainly in France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walerian Borowczyk is the 370th most popular film director (down from 363rd in 2019), the 405th most popular biography from Poland (up from 422nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Polish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Walerian Borowczyk ranks 370 out of 2,041. Before him are Lotte Reiniger, Alexandre Astruc, Veit Harlan, Édouard Molinaro, Leos Carax, and Márta Mészáros. After him are Giuseppe De Santis, Jan de Bont, Merian C. Cooper, Juan Antonio Bardem, Raúl Ruiz, and Martin Ritt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Walerian Borowczyk ranks 114. Before him are Wolfgang Sawallisch, Belisario Betancur, Álvaro Mutis, Ernst Nolte, Menahem Pressler, and Alexandre Astruc. After him are André Courrèges, Alicia de Larrocha, Dexter Gordon, Charles Durning, Wally Schirra, and Pahiño. Among people deceased in 2006, Walerian Borowczyk ranks 98. Before him are Pietro Rava, Angelica Rozeanu, Ibolya Csák, Aaron Spelling, Red Buttons, and Elias Hrawi. After him are Robert Plutchik, Óscar Míguez, Tadao Onishi, P. F. Strawson, Peter Boyle, and Johannes Willebrands.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Walerian Borowczyk ranks 405 out of 1,694. Before him are Hans Karl von Diebitsch (1785), Alfred Korzybski (1879), I. L. Peretz (1852), Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile (1140), Barbara Jagiellon (1478), and Max von Gallwitz (1852). After him are Pylyp Orlyk (1672), Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria (1457), Jacek Malczewski (1854), Oskar R. Lange (1904), Horst Mahler (1936), and Wilhelm Brasse (1917).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Poland

Among film directors born in Poland, Walerian Borowczyk ranks 13. Before him are Agnieszka Holland (1948), Jerzy Skolimowski (1938), Robert Wiene (1873), Jean Epstein (1897), Jerzy Stuhr (1947), and Krzysztof Zanussi (1939). After him are Paweł Pawlikowski (1957), Jerzy Hoffman (1932), Andrzej Munk (1921), Wojciech Has (1925), Max Fleischer (1883), and Rudolph Maté (1898).

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