FILM DIRECTOR

Joseph Vilsmaier

1939 - 2020

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Joseph Vilsmaier (pronounced [ˈjoː.zɛf ˈfɪls.maɪ̯.ɐ] (listen), 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 71,659 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Vilsmaier is the 503rd most popular film director, the 2,510th most popular biography from Germany and the 25th most popular German Film Director.

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  • 63.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 503 out of 1,580. Before him are Larisa Shepitko, Mauro Bolognini, Henry Koster, Mikhail Romm, Leos Carax, and Ivan Reitman. After him are Assi Dayan, Larry Clark, Abel Ferrara, Václav Vorlíček, Jim Sheridan, and Kenneth Anger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 180. Before him are Hércules Brito Ruas, Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Robert Herbin, James Burton, Peter Mayle, and Elena Obraztsova. After him are Allen Garfield, John Tong Hon, José Antonio Abreu, Jack Lang, Giulio Angioni, and Luigi Simoni. Among people deceased in 2020, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 260. Before him are Rocky Johnson, Marc Fumaroli, Amfilohije Radović, Boris Gaganelov, Stuart Gordon, and Diana Serra Cary. After him are Allen Garfield, Frederick Ballantyne, Oskar Fischer, Claude Bolling, Armando Manzanero, and Luigi Simoni.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 2,510 out of 5,289. Before him are Helmut Hasse (1898), Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1727), Agnes Bernauer (1410), Christine of Hesse (1543), Paul Leni (1885), and Abraham Fraenkel (1891). After him are Christine of Saxony (1505), Armin T. Wegner (1886), Eduard, Duke of Anhalt (1861), Magdalene of Bavaria (1587), Carl Brockelmann (1868), and Ferdinand Reich (1799).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 25. Before him are Veit Harlan (1899), Walter Ruttmann (1887), Gustaf Gründgens (1899), Alexander Kluge (1932), Wolfgang Reitherman (1909), and Henry Koster (1905). After him are Peter Stein (1937), Tom Tykwer (1965), Walter Frentz (1907), Oliver Hirschbiegel (1957), Fatih Akin (1973), and Uli Edel (1947).

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Filmography

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