Film Director

Menahem Golan

Israeli film director and producer

1929 - 2014

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His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Menahem Golan is the 338th most popular film director (down from 258th in 2024), the 149th most popular biography from Israel (down from 140th in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Film Director.

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Menahem Golan is the most memorable of the 6 notable people born in Tiberias, Israel.

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Of the 12 Film Directors born in Israel, Menahem Golan ranks first.

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Menahem Golan shares a May 31 birthday with Genghis Khan, Clint Eastwood, and Pope Pius XI.

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Among Film Directors

Among film directors, Menahem Golan ranks 338 out of 2,041. Before him are Chen Kaige, Joseph Losey, Norman Jewison, Steven Soderbergh, Luigi Comencini, and Tex Avery. After him are Darren Aronofsky, Jacques Feyder, Hideaki Anno, Satoshi Kon, Ub Iwerks, and Jean Girault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Menahem Golan ranks 134. Before him are Édouard Balladur, Zillur Rahman, Alain Tanner, Anastasios of Albania, Fred Phelps, and Fazlur Rahman Khan. After him are Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, Betty Boothroyd, Jaakko Hintikka, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Charles Moore, and Vladimír Menšík. Among people deceased in 2014, Menahem Golan ranks 100. Before him are Valeri Kubasov, Christopher Jones, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Jack Bruce, Fred Phelps, and Run Run Shaw. After him are Joan Rivers, Mário Coluna, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Riz Ortolani, Sabah, and Elizabeth Peña.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Menahem Golan ranks 149 out of 466. Before him are Dan Shechtman (1941), Ali Hassan Salameh (1940), Israel Tal (1924), Zahir al-Umar (1689), Angelus of Jerusalem (1185), and Procopius of Scythopolis (250). After him are Sarah Aaronsohn (1890), Naftali Bennett (1972), Lusius Quietus (100), Amos Tversky (1937), Eutocius of Ascalon (480), and Wadie Haddad (1927).

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Among Film Directors In Israel

Among film directors born in Israel, Menahem Golan ranks 1. After him are Assi Dayan (1945), Amos Gitai (1950), Ralph Bakshi (1938), Avi Arad (1948), Ari Folman (1962), Elia Suleiman (1960), Hany Abu-Assad (1961), Samuel Maoz (1962), Oren Peli (1970), Etan Cohen (1974), and Oren Moverman (1966).

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