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FILM DIRECTOR

Juraj Herz

1934 - 2018

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Juraj Herz (4 September 1934 – 8 April 2018) was a Slovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1969 horror/black comedy The Cremator, often cited as one of the best Czechoslovak films of all time, though many of his other films achieved cult status. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juraj Herz has received more than 123,938 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Juraj Herz is the 626th most popular film director (up from 635th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 99th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Slovak Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Juraj Herz ranks 626 out of 1,581. Before him are Shirin Neshat, Ann Hui, Steven Knight, Paul Grimault, Enzo G. Castellari, and Brad Bird. After him are Stan Winston, Yakov Protazanov, Paul Haggis, Charles Vidor, Otakar Vávra, and Kevin Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Juraj Herz ranks 208. Before him are Vicar, Ian Richardson, Paco Ibáñez, Savely Kramarov, Ernesto Brambilla, and Mahbub ul Haq. After him are Maurice Godelier, Pierre Barouh, Sven Wollter, Gennadiy Aygi, Seraphim Rose, and Mikel Laboa. Among people deceased in 2018, Juraj Herz ranks 182. Before him are Peter Mayle, Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Robert Indiana, Sergio Balanzino, Lindsay Kemp, and Antonio Valentín Angelillo. After him are Vladimir Lyakhov, Karl Lehmann, Frank Carlucci, Luigi Taveri, Luis Posada Carriles, and Penny Marshall.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Juraj Herz ranks 102 out of 357. Before him are Anton Ondruš (1950), Aurel Stodola (1859), Viliam Široký (1902), Dušan Uhrin (1943), Anna Kolesárová (1928), and Pavel Peter Gojdič (1888). After him are Paul Kray (1735), Mikuláš Dzurinda (1956), Imre Németh (1917), Hana Hegerová (1931), István Friedrich (1883), and Stan Mikita (1940).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Slovakia

Among film directors born in Slovakia, Juraj Herz ranks 4. Before him are Ivan Reitman (1946), Juraj Jakubisko (1938), and Géza von Radványi (1907). After him are Jaromil Jireš (1935), Štefan Uher (1930), and Péter Bacsó (1928).

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Filmography

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