FILM DIRECTOR

Juraj Jakubisko

1938 - 2023

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Juraj Jakubisko (30 April 1938 – 24 February 2023) was a Slovak film director. He directed fifteen feature films, between 1967 and 2008. He often took on the dual role of cinematographer in his films, as well as writing or co-writing the scripts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juraj Jakubisko has received more than 83,267 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Juraj Jakubisko is the 482nd most popular film director (up from 536th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 81st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovak Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Juraj Jakubisko ranks 482 out of 2,041Before him are Larisa Shepitko, Derek Jarman, André Hunebelle, John Badham, Edward Zwick, and George P. Cosmatos. After him are Fernando Meirelles, Elio Petri, Renny Harlin, Jörn Donner, Jim Abrahams, and Louis Delluc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Juraj Jakubisko ranks 176Before him are Derviş Eroğlu, Myroslav Skoryk, Bennie Muller, Jacqueline Andere, Larisa Shepitko, and Tufuga Efi. After him are William B. Davis, Sjaak Swart, Götz George, Andrey Myagkov, Leon Panetta, and Isabelle Aubret. Among people deceased in 2023, Juraj Jakubisko ranks 211Before him are Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Irina Miroshnichenko, Robert Hanssen, Karol J. Bobko, Dominique Colonna, and Viktor Mamatov. After him are Telesphore Toppo, Klaus Teuber, Mary L. Cleave, Ahmad Jamal, Frances Sternhagen, and María Kodama.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Juraj Jakubisko ranks 72 out of 418Before him are Karol Dobiaš (1947), Alexander Mach (1902), Ondrej Nepela (1951), Johann Andreas Segner (1704), Léopold Szondi (1893), and Bálint Balassi (1554). After him are Štefan Tiso (1897), Jozef Vengloš (1936), Marián Čalfa (1946), Alajos Szokolyi (1871), Anton Ondruš (1950), and Maximilian Hell (1720).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Slovakia

Among film directors born in Slovakia, Juraj Jakubisko ranks 2Before him are Ivan Reitman (1946). After him are Juraj Herz (1934), Géza von Radványi (1907), Jaromil Jireš (1935), Péter Bacsó (1928), and Štefan Uher (1930).