Film Director

Alexander Kluge

German writer, philosopher, academic and film director (born 1932)

1932 - 2026

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His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Alexander Kluge is the 544th most popular film director (down from 494th in 2024), the 2,956th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,619th in 2019) and the 24th most popular German Film Director.

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Alexander Kluge's biography spans 30 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 60.99.

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Among Film Directors

Among film directors, Alexander Kluge ranks 544 out of 2,296. Before him are Lee Chang-dong, Peter Yates, Derek Jarman, Robert Frank, Luis García Berlanga, and George P. Cosmatos. After him are Renato Castellani, Hong Sang-soo, Amos Gitai, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Susanne Bier, and André Hunebelle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Alexander Kluge ranks 193. Before him are Richard Estes, Harry Gregg, Horst Eckel, Karen Demirchyan, Éliane Radigue, and Vladimir Voinovich. After him are Dabney Coleman, Ervin László, Saul Friedländer, On Kawara, Karekin I, and Pentti Linkola. Among people deceased in 2026, Alexander Kluge ranks 88. Before him are Dimitar Penev, Victor Willis, Éliane Radigue, Hans Herrmann, Michael O. Rabin, and Hessy Levinsons Taft. After him are Ervin László, Félicien Kabuga, Likulia Bolongo, Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Roy Medvedev, and Sandro Munari.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alexander Kluge ranks 2,956 out of 8,184. Before him are Hermann Hankel (1839), Hessy Levinsons Taft (1934), Otto Rühle (1874), Erich Ribbeck (1937), Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1462), and Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1897). After him are Andreas Werckmeister (1645), Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal (1667), Hans von Kulmbach (1476), Hanns Martin Schleyer (1915), Heinrich Barkhausen (1881), and Anton Flettner (1885).

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Among Film Directors In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Alexander Kluge ranks 24. Before him are Veit Harlan (1899), Gustaf Gründgens (1899), Wolfgang Reitherman (1909), Walter Frentz (1907), Walter Ruttmann (1887), and Werner Schroeter (1945). After him are Oliver Hirschbiegel (1957), Uli Edel (1947), Henry Koster (1905), Tom Tykwer (1965), Arnold Fanck (1889), and Oskar Fischinger (1900).

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