Film Director

Esfir Shub

Soviet film director and film editor

1894 - 1959

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Esfir Shub

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Esfir Shub is the 880th most popular film director (down from 876th in 2024), the 1,509th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,529th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Russian Film Director.

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Esfir Shub is one of only 239 women among the 2,041 Film Directors in Pantheon.

Mar 16

Esfir Shub shares a March 16 birthday with Josef Mengele, Georg Ohm, and Maxim Gorky.

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Among Film Directors

Among film directors, Esfir Shub ranks 880 out of 2,041. Before her are Raoul Coutard, Uberto Pasolini, Ralph Nelson, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Ari Folman, and Bruno Dumont. After her are Jean Grémillon, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Gustav Machatý, Antoine Fuqua, Luis Puenzo, and Shinobu Hashimoto.

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Raoul Coutard
1924 - 2016
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 874
Uberto Pasolini
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 875
Ralph Nelson
1916 - 1987
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 876
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
1928 - 1996
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 877
Ari Folman
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 878
Bruno Dumont
1958 - Present
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 879
Esfir Shub
1894 - 1959
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 880
Jean Grémillon
1902 - 1959
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 881
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
1928 - 2018
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 882
Gustav Machatý
1901 - 1963
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 883
Antoine Fuqua
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 884
Luis Puenzo
1946 - 2026
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 885
Shinobu Hashimoto
1918 - 2018
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 886

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Esfir Shub ranks 176. Before her are Alfred Romer, Francis Hunter, Olive Thomas, Jack Benny, James Thurber, and Wilhelm Hasse. After her are José Bustamante y Rivero, Florbela Espanca, Henryk Sławik, Krešimir Baranović, Vladimir Triandafillov, and Heikki Liimatainen. Among people deceased in 1959, Esfir Shub ranks 139. Before her are Lou Costello, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, William J. Donovan, Giuseppe Bottai, Roald Larsen, and Alexander Rueb. After her are Jean Grémillon, Friedrich Waismann, Walter Bathe, Max Gerson, Abdul Muis, and Pierre Frieden.

Others Born in 1894

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Alfred Romer
BIOLOGIST
1894 - 1973
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 170
Francis Hunter
TENNIS PLAYER
1894 - 1981
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 171
Olive Thomas
ACTOR
1894 - 1920
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 172
Jack Benny
ACTOR
1894 - 1974
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 173
James Thurber
WRITER
1894 - 1961
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 174
Wilhelm Hasse
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1894 - 1945
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 175
Esfir Shub
FILM DIRECTOR
1894 - 1959
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 176
José Bustamante y Rivero
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1989
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 177
Florbela Espanca
WRITER
1894 - 1930
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 178
Henryk Sławik
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1944
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 179
Krešimir Baranović
COMPOSER
1894 - 1975
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 180
Vladimir Triandafillov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1894 - 1931
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 181
Heikki Liimatainen
ATHLETE
1894 - 1980
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 182