FILM DIRECTOR

Josef von Sternberg

1894 - 1969

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Josef von Sternberg (German: [ˈjoːzɛf fɔn ˈʃtɛʁnbɛʁk]; born Jonas Sternberg; May 29, 1894 – December 22, 1969) was an American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era, during which he worked with most of the major Hollywood studios. He is best known for his film collaboration with actress Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s, including the highly regarded Paramount/UFA production The Blue Angel (1930). Sternberg's finest works are noteworthy for their striking pictorial compositions, dense décor, chiaroscuro illumination, and relentless camera motion, endowing the scenes with emotional intensity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef von Sternberg has received more than 670,481 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Josef von Sternberg is the 163rd most popular film director (down from 139th in 2019), the 234th most popular biography from Austria (down from 211th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Film Director.

Josef von Sternberg is most famous for his silent films, such as The Blue Angel, which he directed with Marlene Dietrich.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Josef von Sternberg ranks 163 out of 2,041. Before him are Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Jesús Franco, Peter Greenaway, Kim Ki-duk, Sergio Corbucci, and Andrei Konchalovsky. After him are Bille August, Jan Švankmajer, Masaki Kobayashi, Joel Schumacher, Abel Gance, and István Szabó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Josef von Sternberg ranks 40. Before him are Wilhelm Bittrich, Karl Böhm, Nazli Sabri, Dashiell Hammett, Martha Graham, and Alexander Dovzhenko. After him are Sergey Ilyushin, Paul Blobel, Elisabeth of Romania, Norman Rockwell, Aino Aalto, and Dimitri Tiomkin. Among people deceased in 1969, Josef von Sternberg ranks 30. Before him are Dominique Pire, Witold Gombrowicz, Arthur Friedenreich, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Joseph Kasa-Vubu, and Moïse Tshombe. After him are Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Alexandra David-Néel, B. Traven, Sonja Henie, Enrique Ballestrero, and Wacław Sierpiński.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Josef von Sternberg ranks 234 out of 1,424. Before him are Bruno Kreisky (1911), Otto Bauer (1881), Oskar Potiorek (1853), Roland Ratzenberger (1960), Gustav Wagner (1911), and Otto Robert Frisch (1904). After him are Peter L. Berger (1929), Paul Lazarsfeld (1901), Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656), Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711), Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (1418), and Ferdinand Piëch (1937).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Austria

Among film directors born in Austria, Josef von Sternberg ranks 4. Before him are Fritz Lang (1890), Erich von Stroheim (1885), and Max Reinhardt (1873). After him are Gustav Ucicky (1899), Alexander Korda (1893), Ernst Marischka (1893), Ulrich Seidl (1952), Francis Lawrence (1971), Richard Oswald (1880), Hans Hass (1919), and Harald Reinl (1908).

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