FILM DIRECTOR

Joseph Vilsmaier

1939 - 2020

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Joseph Vilsmaier (pronounced [ˈjoːzɛf ˈfɪlsmaɪ.ɐ] , 24 January 1939 – 11 February 2020) was a German film director who began his career as a technician and cameraman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Vilsmaier has received more than 109,769 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Vilsmaier is the 782nd most popular film director (down from 771st in 2019), the 3,865th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,558th in 2019) and the 39th most popular German Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 782 out of 2,041. Before him are Antoine Fuqua, Péter Bacsó, Ted Post, Herbert Brenon, Mark Robson, and Bryan Singer. After him are George Pal, Emil Loteanu, Masoud Kimiai, Kevin Smith, Revaz Chkheidze, and Michael Verhoeven.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 298. Before him are Alexandra Stewart, Gösta Ekman, Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró, Irenaios, William Eggleston, and Ivar Jacobson. After him are Judy Collins, Valery Rozhdestvensky, Giulio Angioni, Litokwa Tomeing, Sid Haig, and Adam Osborne. Among people deceased in 2020, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 301. Before him are Duje Bonačić, Edén Pastora, Wojciech Pszoniak, Pim Doesburg, Larry Tesler, and Alexi Laiho. After him are Rhonda Fleming, Brent Scowcroft, Tonie Marshall, Jaroslav Pollák, Taryn Power, and Rosa Maria Sardà.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 3,865 out of 7,253. Before him are Fritz Manteuffel (1875), Salomon Müller (1804), Elisabeth Schumann (1888), Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer (1900), Stefan Reuter (1966), and Ferdinand Mannlicher (1848). After him are Karin Büttner-Janz (1952), Oscar Hertwig (1849), August Heinrich Petermann (1822), Herluf Bidstrup (1912), Peer Steinbrück (1947), and Dora Gerson (1899).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 39. Before him are Christian Petzold (1960), Arnold Fanck (1889), Konrad Wolf (1925), Gustav von Wangenheim (1895), Marc Forster (1969), and Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (1935). After him are Michael Verhoeven (1938), Uwe Boll (1965), Edgar Reitz (1932), Wolfgang Becker (1954), Percy Adlon (1935), and Wolfgang Staudte (1906).

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