FILM DIRECTOR

Douglas Sirk

1897 - 1987

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Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Douglas Sirk has received more than 745,135 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Douglas Sirk is the 205th most popular film director (up from 224th in 2019), the 1,207th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,222nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Douglas Sirk ranks 205 out of 2,041. Before him are Norman Jewison, John G. Avildsen, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Vincente Minnelli, Mike Newell, and Amos Gitai. After him are Claude Lanzmann, Dariush Mehrjui, Danny Boyle, Lina Wertmüller, Joe D'Amato, and Thea von Harbou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Douglas Sirk ranks 56. Before him are Vasily Sokolovsky, Ye Jianying, Herbert Gille, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, and Einar Gerhardsen. After him are Dmitry Pavlov, Zakir Husain, Theodor Busse, Lester B. Pearson, Yeghishe Charents, and Ana Aslan. Among people deceased in 1987, Douglas Sirk ranks 37. Before him are Joseph Campbell, Nobusuke Kishi, Jaco Pastorius, Didier Pironi, André Masson, and Einar Gerhardsen. After him are Luis Federico Leloir, Peter Tosh, Erskine Caldwell, Américo Tomás, Peter Medawar, and Mahadevi Varma.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Douglas Sirk ranks 1,207 out of 7,253. Before him are Radegund (518), Barbara Blomberg (1527), Margot Honecker (1927), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Reinhard Genzel (1952), and Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg (1597). After him are Theodor Storm (1817), Wilhelm Stuckart (1902), Hartmut Michel (1948), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (1473), and Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (1671).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Douglas Sirk ranks 13. Before him are F. W. Murnau (1888), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Roland Emmerich (1955), Max Ophüls (1902), and Margarethe von Trotta (1942). After him are Thea von Harbou (1888), Robert Siodmak (1900), Mike Nichols (1931), Gustaf Gründgens (1899), Veit Harlan (1899), and Lotte Reiniger (1899).

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Filmography

All That Heaven Allows
Director
Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.
Dec 25th 19557.3 / 10
Imitation of Life
Director
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
Jun 26th 19597.431 / 10
Written on the Wind
Director
Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle's unsatisfied wife, Lucy -- a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder.
Oct 4th 19566.9 / 10