FILM DIRECTOR

Jan Němec

1936 - 2016

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Jan Němec (12 July 1936 – 18 March 2016) was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Němec has received more than 79,527 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Němec is the 857th most popular film director (down from 705th in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 420th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Czech Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 80k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jan Němec ranks 857 out of 2,041. Before him are Ronald Neame, Steven Knight, Hasse Ekman, Phillip Noyce, Jamie Uys, and Gregory Hoblit. After him are Krsto Papić, J. A. Bayona, Ronny Yu, Jean Becker, Yash Chopra, and Shinobu Hashimoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Jan Němec ranks 309. Before him are Zdeněk Mácal, Norman Manea, Ivo Brešan, Henri Richard, Oreste Corbatta, and Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim. After him are Susana Duijm, Ihor Turchyn, Edward Gibson, Touria Chaoui, Rachid Mekhloufi, and Henck Arron. Among people deceased in 2016, Jan Němec ranks 270. Before him are Raoul Coutard, Afeni Shakur, Giovanni Coppa, László Sárosi, Ken Adam, and Brigitte Hamann. After him are Susana Duijm, Émile Derlin Zinsou, Marisol Escobar, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Garry Shandling, and Sushil Koirala.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Němec ranks 516 out of 1,200. Before him are Miroslav Vitouš (1947), Ivan Hašek (1963), Karel Píč (1920), Franz Konwitschny (1901), Tomáš Ujfaluši (1978), and František Pospíšil (1944). After him are Vlastimil Bubník (1931), Vaclav Smil (1943), Oskar Fischer (1923), Vladimir Kulich (1956), Daniela Hodrová (1946), and Olga Fikotová (1932).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Jan Němec ranks 21. Before him are Karl Freund (1890), František Vláčil (1924), Ivan Passer (1933), Vojtěch Jasný (1925), Gustav Machatý (1901), and Edgar G. Ulmer (1904). After him are Karel Kachyňa (1924), Oldřich Lipský (1924), Martin Frič (1902), Břetislav Pojar (1923), Jiří Weiss (1913), and Jan Svěrák (1965).

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