FILM DIRECTOR

Frank Beyer

1932 - 2006

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Frank Paul Beyer (German: [fʁaŋk ˈbaɪ.ɐ] ; 26 May 1932 – 1 October 2006) was a German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA and directed films that dealt mostly with the Nazi era and contemporary East Germany. His film Trace of Stones was banned for 20 years in 1966 by the ruling SED. His 1975 film Jacob the Liar was the only East German film ever nominated for an Academy Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Beyer has received more than 69,490 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Frank Beyer is the 1,062nd most popular film director (down from 1,004th in 2019), the 4,643rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,127th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Frank Beyer ranks 1,062 out of 2,041. Before him are Kihachi Okamoto, Richard Williams, Safi Faye, Cameron Crowe, Nina Companeez, and Tian Zhuangzhuang. After him are Gunnar Fischer, Rafael Azcona, Cai Chusheng, Ágnes Hranitzky, Frédéric Rossif, and David Furnish.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Frank Beyer ranks 334. Before him are Josef Musil, Leonid Spirin, Tinka Kurti, Soon-Tek Oh, Richard Lugar, and Casey Kasem. After him are Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, István Bilek, Solomon W. Golomb, Clifton Williams, Cesare Perdisa, and John Lyons. Among people deceased in 2006, Frank Beyer ranks 247. Before him are Candy Barr, Suzan Kahramaner, Schafik Hándal, Mary Boyce, William P. Gottlieb, and Rajkumar. After him are Dana Reeve, Alan Shugart, Ole Madsen, Fritz Schwab, Viktor Pavlov, and Konstantin Beskov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frank Beyer ranks 4,643 out of 7,253. Before him are Julius Wilbrand (1839), Jeri Ryan (1968), Julius Hirsch (1892), Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg (1766), Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815), and Jakob Streitle (1916). After him are Mario Basler (1968), Mira Lobe (1913), Mato Kósyk (1853), Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (1839), Alice Salomon (1872), and Paul Peter Ewald (1888).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Frank Beyer ranks 52. Before him are Ludwig Berger (1892), Helmut Käutner (1908), Kurt Maetzig (1911), Helmut Dietl (1944), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (1973), and Peter Fleischmann (1937). After him are Herbert Selpin (1904), Curtis Bernhardt (1899), Helma Sanders-Brahms (1940), Erik Ode (1910), E. A. Dupont (1891), and Georg Jacoby (1882).

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