FILM DIRECTOR

František Vláčil

1924 - 1999

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František Vláčil (19 February 1924 – 27 January 1999) was a Czech film director, painter, and graphic artist. From 1945 to 1950, he studied aesthetics and art history at Masaryk University in Brno. Later, he worked in various groups and ateliers (e.g. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of František Vláčil has received more than 89,110 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). František Vláčil is the 741st most popular film director (up from 776th in 2019), the 466th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 443rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Czech Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 89k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, František Vláčil ranks 741 out of 2,041. Before him are James Whale, Gustav von Wangenheim, Fernando Trueba, Karl Freund, Ryan Murphy, and Marc Forster. After him are John Farrow, Bob Rafelson, William Cameron Menzies, George Seaton, Jerry Schatzberg, and Alexandre Trauner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, František Vláčil ranks 238. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, Colleen Dewhurst, Alphons Egli, Navvab Safavi, Ján Chryzostom Korec, and Ruth Teitelbaum. After him are Karen Harup, Dodo Abashidze, György Lázár, Luděk Pachman, Azucena Villaflor, and Jean-Michel Charlier. Among people deceased in 1999, František Vláčil ranks 141. Before him are Igor M. Diakonoff, Maxim Munzuk, Louis Boyer, Madeline Kahn, Umberto Maglioli, and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. After him are Rudi Glöckner, Alfred Raoul, Harvey Postlethwaite, Richard Kiley, Ruth Roman, and Primo Nebiolo.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, František Vláčil ranks 466 out of 1,200. Before him are Karel Roden (1962), Tomáš Rosický (1980), Karel Lamač (1897), Joseph von Führich (1800), Jan Tříska (1936), and Karl Freund (1890). After him are Count Richard Belcredi (1823), Jana Novotná (1968), Luděk Pachman (1924), Arnold Pick (1851), František Junek (1907), and Zdeněk Zikán (1937).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, František Vláčil ranks 16. Before him are František Čáp (1913), Elmar Klos (1910), Harun Farocki (1944), Otakar Vávra (1911), Karel Lamač (1897), and Karl Freund (1890). After him are Ivan Passer (1933), Vojtěch Jasný (1925), Gustav Machatý (1901), Edgar G. Ulmer (1904), Jan Němec (1936), and Karel Kachyňa (1924).

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