1939 - 2020
Joseph Vilsmaier (pronounced [ˈjoː.zɛf ˈfɪls.maɪ̯.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 104,278 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Joseph Vilsmaier is the 773rd most popular film director (down from 504th in 2019), the 3,566th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,510th in 2019) and the 40th most popular German Film Director.
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Among film directors, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 773 out of 1,581. Before him are Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Stephen Hopkins, Bruno Dumont, Dante Ferretti, Edmund Goulding, and Richard C. Sarafian. After him are Corey Yuen, George Marshall, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Jerry Schatzberg, František Vláčil, and Edgar Wright.
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 767
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 768
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 769
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 770
1891 - 1959
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 771
1930 - 2013
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 772
1939 - 2020
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 773
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 774
1891 - 1975
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 775
1928 - 1996
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 776
1927 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 777
1924 - 1999
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 778
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 779
Among people born in 1939, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 273. Before him are Tom Hayden, Dezső Novák, John Peel, Vaçe Zela, Romualdo Arppi Filho, and Ole Ellefsæter. After him are Mulayam Singh Yadav, Ljiljana Petrović, László Kovács, Billy Cox, Nancy Kwan, and Valery Rozhdestvensky. Among people deceased in 2020, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 286. Before him are Jerry Sloan, Bernard Stiegler, Sonja Edström, Paul Goma, Hédi Baccouche, and Karin Lindberg. After him are Jimmy Cobb, Vladica Popović, Alfred Körner, Johnny Nash, Sisavath Keobounphanh, and Juan Giménez.
1939 - 2016
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 267
1939 - 2014
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 268
1939 - 2004
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 269
1939 - 2014
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 270
1939 - 2023
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 271
1939 - 2022
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 272
1939 - 2020
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 273
1939 - 2022
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 274
1939 - 2020
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 275
1939 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 276
1939 - Present
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 277
1939 - Present
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 278
1939 - 2011
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 279
1942 - 2020
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 280
1952 - 2020
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 281
1930 - 2020
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 282
1935 - 2020
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 283
1930 - 2020
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 284
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 285
1939 - 2020
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 286
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 287
1935 - 2020
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 288
1926 - 2020
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 289
1940 - 2020
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 290
1928 - 2020
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 291
1943 - 2020
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 292
Among people born in Germany, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 3,566 out of 6,142. Before him are Jürgen Croy (1946), Heinrich Schrader (1767), Gottfried Fuchs (1889), André Schürrle (1990), Botho Strauß (1944), and Emil von Sauer (1862). After him are Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1804), Anton Ackermann (1905), Paul Reinecke (1872), Hillel Furstenberg (1935), Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789), and Heinrich Zimmer (1890).
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 3,560
1767 - 1836
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 3,561
1889 - 1972
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 3,562
1990 - Present
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 3,563
1944 - Present
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 3,564
1862 - 1942
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 3,565
1939 - 2020
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 3,566
1804 - 1828
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 3,567
1905 - 1973
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 3,568
1872 - 1958
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 3,569
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 3,570
1789 - 1849
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 3,571
1890 - 1943
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 3,572
Among film directors born in Germany, Joseph Vilsmaier ranks 40. Before him are Uli Edel (1947), Wolfgang Becker (1954), Uwe Boll (1965), Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (1935), Konrad Wolf (1925), and Michael Verhoeven (1938). After him are Marc Forster (1969), Edgar Reitz (1932), Wolfgang Staudte (1906), Christian Petzold (1960), Ludwig Berger (1892), and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (1973).
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 34
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 35
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 36
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 37
1925 - 1982
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 38
1938 - Present
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 39
1939 - 2020
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 40
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 41
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 42
1906 - 1984
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 43
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 44
1892 - 1969
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 45
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 46