1934 - Today
Jan Švankmajer (* 4 September 1934 Prague) is a Czech film director, animator, writer, playwright and artist. He draws and makes free graphics, collage, ceramics, tactile objects and assemblages. In the early 1960s, he explored informel, which later became an important part of the visual form of his animated films. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Švankmajer has received more than 662,451 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Jan Švankmajer is the 149th most popular film director (down from 141st in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 90th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Film Director.
Jan Švankmajer is a Czech surrealist filmmaker who is most famous for his short films.
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Among film directors, Jan Švankmajer ranks 149 out of 1,581. Before him are Jacques Demy, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Wong Kar-wai, Victor Sjöström, Abel Gance, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. After him are Ed Wood, Joris Ivens, Robert Wise, Roland Emmerich, Sergei Bondarchuk, and Denis Villeneuve.
1931 - 1990
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 143
1909 - 1993
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 144
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 145
1879 - 1960
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 146
1889 - 1981
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 147
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 148
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 149
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 150
1898 - 1989
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 151
1914 - 2005
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 152
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 153
1920 - 1994
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 154
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 155
Among people born in 1934, Jan Švankmajer ranks 51. Before him are Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Lansana Conté, John Surtees, Wole Soyinka, Louise Fletcher, and Jonas Savimbi. After him are Bengt I. Samuelsson, Alfred Schnittke, Stanislav Shushkevich, Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Eduard Khil, and David J. Thouless.
1934 - 2021
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 45
1934 - 2008
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 46
1934 - 2017
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 47
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 48
1934 - 2022
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 49
1934 - 2002
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 50
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 51
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 52
1934 - 1998
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 53
1934 - 2022
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 54
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 55
1934 - 2012
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 56
1934 - 2019
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 57
Among people born in Czechia, Jan Švankmajer ranks 99 out of 973. Before him are Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856), Franz Reichelt (1879), Alois Senefelder (1771), Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867), Josef Suk (1874), and Zdeněk Miler (1921). After him are Martina Navratilova (1956), Anton Reicha (1770), Daniel Swarovski (1862), Stanislav Grof (1931), Vratislaus II of Bohemia (1035), and Mojmir I of Moravia (795).
1856 - 1936
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 93
1879 - 1912
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 94
1771 - 1834
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 95
1867 - 1908
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 96
1874 - 1935
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 97
1921 - 2011
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 98
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 99
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 100
1770 - 1836
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 101
1862 - 1956
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 102
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 103
1035 - 1092
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 104
795 - 846
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 105
Among film directors born in Czechia, Jan Švankmajer ranks 3. Before him are Miloš Forman (1932) and Jiří Menzel (1938). After him are G. W. Pabst (1885), Věra Chytilová (1929), Karel Zeman (1910), Jiří Trnka (1912), Karel Reisz (1926), Václav Vorlíček (1930), František Čáp (1913), Otakar Vávra (1911), and Ivan Passer (1933).
1932 - 2018
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 1
1938 - 2020
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 2
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 3
1885 - 1967
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 4
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 5
1910 - 1989
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 6
1912 - 1969
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 7
1926 - 2002
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 8
1930 - 2019
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 9
1913 - 1972
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 10
1911 - 2011
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 11
1933 - 2020
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 12