FILM DIRECTOR

Jerzy Stuhr

1947 - 2024

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Jerzy Oskar Stuhr (Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈɔskar ˈʂtur]; 18 April 1947 – 9 July 2024) was a Polish film and theatre actor. Considered one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish actors and an icon of Polish cinema, he also worked as a screenwriter, film director, voice actor and drama professor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerzy Stuhr has received more than 183,901 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Jerzy Stuhr is the 278th most popular film director (up from 409th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from Poland (up from 450th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Polish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jerzy Stuhr ranks 278 out of 2,041. Before him are Leonid Gaidai, Youssef Chahine, Franklin J. Schaffner, Denis Villeneuve, Elem Klimov, and Robert J. Flaherty. After him are Zack Snyder, John Schlesinger, Adrian Lyne, Ub Iwerks, Cecil B. DeMille, and Tex Avery.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Jerzy Stuhr ranks 113. Before him are Ron Dennis, Marisa Berenson, Va'aletoa Sualauvi II, Cozy Powell, Gyanendra of Nepal, and Henri Michel. After him are Youn Yuh-jung, Temple Grandin, Yukiya Amano, Robert Cailliau, Branko Oblak, and Gérard Houllier. Among people deceased in 2024, Jerzy Stuhr ranks 61. Before him are Artur Jorge, Bob Newhart, Sergio Sebastiani, Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, Maryse Condé, and Iris Apfel. After him are Roger Corman, Brigitte Bierlein, Don Murray, Miguel Ángel González Suárez, Frank Stella, and Carl Andre.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jerzy Stuhr ranks 324 out of 1,694. Before him are Grażyna Bacewicz (1909), Sławomir Mrożek (1930), Stefan Wyszyński (1901), Heinz Reinefarth (1903), Bolesław IV the Curly (1120), and Lestek (870). After him are Mieszko III the Old (1126), Ernst Wilimowski (1916), Walther Nehring (1892), Kurt Tank (1898), Ewald Georg von Kleist (1700), and Kurt Schumacher (1895).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Poland

Among film directors born in Poland, Jerzy Stuhr ranks 11. Before him are Fred Zinnemann (1907), Jerzy Grotowski (1933), Jerzy Skolimowski (1938), Agnieszka Holland (1948), Robert Wiene (1873), and Jean Epstein (1897). After him are Krzysztof Zanussi (1939), Walerian Borowczyk (1923), Jerzy Hoffman (1932), Paweł Pawlikowski (1957), Andrzej Munk (1921), and Wojciech Has (1925).

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Filmography

Three Colors: White
Director
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.
Jan 26o 19947.459 / 10
Camera Buff
Director
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.
Nov 16o 19797.5 / 10
Sexmission
Director
Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years. In the meantime, however, World War III breaks out and life has been wiped off the surface of Earth. When they wake up, it turns out that not only 50 years have passed but also that they are the only living specimens of the male sex in a new, underground society composed exclusively of women.
May 13o 19847.3 / 10