FILM DIRECTOR

Dennis Gansel

1973 - Today

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Dennis Gansel (born 4 October 1973) is a German film director and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dennis Gansel has received more than 145,453 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Dennis Gansel is the 1,346th most popular film director (down from 1,240th in 2019), the 5,237th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,544th in 2019) and the 65th most popular German Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dennis Gansels by language

Over the past year Dennis Gansel has had the most page views in the with 20,681 views, followed by English (13,160), and Spanish (5,863). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Volapük (115.38%), Egyptian Arabic (67.88%), and Cornish (67.15%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dennis Gansel ranks 1,346 out of 2,041. Before him are D. A. Pennebaker, Walter Lassally, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Guillermo Navarro, Howard Deutch, and Michael Caton-Jones. After him are Scott Derrickson, Mark Sandrich, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Lucrecia Martel, Tommy Lee Wallace, and Stanley Tong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Dennis Gansel ranks 249. Before him are Fabián O'Neill, Jack Davenport, Airat Ichmouratov, T. R. Knight, Cathy Freeman, and Élodie Bouchez. After him are Eva Röse, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Jorge Garcia, Tara Strong, Gabriel Popescu, and Kim Sun-a.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Dennis Gansel ranks 5,237 out of 7,253. Before him are Isabell Werth (1969), Walter Lassally (1926), Jürgen Hennig (1951), Jens Jeremies (1974), Leo Wilden (1936), and Ernst Ising (1900). After him are Hugo Strauß (1907), Sylvia Hanika (1959), Grethe Weiser (1903), Rainer Troppa (1958), Johann Wilhelm Meigen (1764), and Thomas Köhler (1940).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Dennis Gansel ranks 65. Before him are Gerhard Lamprecht (1897), Curt Goetz (1888), Kurt Hoffmann (1910), Werner Klingler (1903), Kurt Neumann (1908), and Walter Lassally (1926). After him are Peter Zadek (1926), Robert Schwentke (1968), Alfred Braun (1888), Egon Günther (1927), Benno von Arent (1898), and Johannes Schaaf (1933).

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Filmography

Mechanic: Resurrection
Director
Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like accidents.
Aug 25o 20165.984 / 10
Before the Fall
Director
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column,Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.
Jul 4o 20047.029 / 10
The Wave
Director
A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily the masses can become manipulated.
Mar 13o 20087.504 / 10