1966 - Today
Hito Steyerl (born 1 January 1966) is a German filmmaker, moving image artist, writer, and innovator of the essay documentary. Her principal topics of interest are media, technology, and the global circulation of images. Steyerl holds a PhD in philosophy from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hito Steyerl has received more than 719,828 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Hito Steyerl is the 1,404th most popular film director (up from 1,429th in 2019), the 4,837th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,546th in 2019) and the 65th most popular German Film Director.
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Among film directors, Hito Steyerl ranks 1,404 out of 1,581. Before her are Haifaa al-Mansour, Kevin S. Bright, Birt Acres, William Daniels, Hal Hartley, and Val Guest. After her are Flora Gomes, Albert Pyun, Jack Smith, Gerardo Vera, Rick Rosenthal, and Victor Salva.
1974 - Present
HPI: 41.07
Rank: 1,398
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.07
Rank: 1,399
1854 - 1918
HPI: 41.00
Rank: 1,400
1901 - 1970
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 1,401
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 1,402
1911 - 2006
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 1,403
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 1,404
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 1,405
1953 - 2022
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 1,406
1932 - 1989
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 1,407
1947 - 2020
HPI: 40.86
Rank: 1,408
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 1,409
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 1,410
Among people born in 1966, Hito Steyerl ranks 353. Before her are John van den Brom, Lucas Alcaraz, Stone Gossard, Alain Mabanckou, Ali Boumnijel, and David Diop. After her are Gideon Sa'ar, Finn Christian Jagge, Michelle Hurd, Taiji, Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh, and Valery Asapov.
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 347
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 348
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 349
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 350
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 351
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 352
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 353
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 354
1966 - 2020
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 355
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 356
1966 - 2011
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 357
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.86
Rank: 358
1966 - 2017
HPI: 40.85
Rank: 359
Among people born in Germany, Hito Steyerl ranks 4,837 out of 6,142. Before her are Frank Peterson (1963), Alexander Zorniger (1967), Rebecca Harms (1956), Tia Mowry (1978), P. J. Soles (1950), and Sung Yu-ri (1981). After her are Falko Götz (1962), Heinrich Schomburgk (1885), Heinz Wewers (1927), Edith Hamilton (1867), Achim Beierlorzer (1967), and Erich Hamann (1944).
1963 - Present
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 4,831
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.98
Rank: 4,832
1956 - Present
HPI: 40.98
Rank: 4,833
1978 - Present
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 4,834
1950 - Present
HPI: 40.94
Rank: 4,835
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 4,836
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 4,837
1962 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 4,838
1885 - 1965
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 4,839
1927 - 2008
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 4,840
1867 - 1963
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 4,841
1967 - Present
HPI: 40.85
Rank: 4,842
1944 - Present
HPI: 40.85
Rank: 4,843
Among film directors born in Germany, Hito Steyerl ranks 65. Before her are Kurt Hoffmann (1910), Dennis Gansel (1973), Robert Schwentke (1968), Doris Dörrie (1955), Egon Günther (1927), and Christoph Schlingensief (1960). After her are Rainer Simon (1941), Marcus Nispel (1963), Caroline Link (1964), Maren Ade (1976), Dominik Moll (1962), and Florian Gallenberger (1972).
1910 - 2001
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 59
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 60
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.16
Rank: 61
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.67
Rank: 62
1927 - 2017
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 63
1960 - 2010
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 64
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 65
1941 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 66
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 67
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.38
Rank: 68
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 69
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 70
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.50
Rank: 71