1910 - 1989
Karel Zeman (3 November 1910 – 5 April 1989) was a Czech film director, artist, production designer and animator, best known for directing fantasy films combining live-action footage with animation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karel Zeman has received more than 191,374 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Zeman is the 251st most popular film director (up from 279th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 184th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Czech Film Director.
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Among film directors, Karel Zeman ranks 251 out of 1,581. Before him are Mauritz Stiller, David Hamilton, Gojko Mitić, Věra Chytilová, Martin Campbell, and Edward Dmytryk. After him are Edwin S. Porter, Hideaki Anno, Robert Wiene, Joe D'Amato, Márta Mészáros, and Gillo Pontecorvo.
1883 - 1928
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 245
1933 - 2016
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 246
1940 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 247
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 248
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 249
1908 - 1999
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 250
1910 - 1989
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 251
1870 - 1941
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 252
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 253
1873 - 1938
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 254
1936 - 1999
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 255
1931 - Present
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 256
1919 - 2006
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 257
Among people born in 1910, Karel Zeman ranks 63. Before him are Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Pavel Batitsky, Sergey Gorshkov, Edda Mussolini, Said bin Taimur, and Francisco Varallo. After him are A. J. Ayer, Aladár Gerevich, Luise Rainer, Kim Yong-sik, Tancredo Neves, and Maurice Papon. Among people deceased in 1989, Karel Zeman ranks 62. Before him are Valentin Glushko, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, Carlos Arias Navarro, Charles J. Pedersen, Luis Carlos Galán, and Rashid Behbudov. After him are A. J. Ayer, Barbara W. Tuchman, Minoru Genda, Franklin J. Schaffner, Leonardo Sciascia, and Werner Best.
1910 - 1999
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 57
1910 - 1984
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 58
1910 - 1988
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 59
1910 - 1995
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 60
1910 - 1972
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 61
1910 - 2010
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 62
1910 - 1989
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 63
1910 - 1989
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 64
1910 - 1991
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 65
1910 - 2014
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 66
1910 - 1985
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 67
1910 - 1985
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 68
1910 - 2007
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 69
1908 - 1989
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 56
1936 - 1989
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 57
1908 - 1989
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 58
1904 - 1989
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 59
1943 - 1989
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 60
1915 - 1989
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 61
1910 - 1989
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 62
1910 - 1989
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 63
1912 - 1989
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 64
1904 - 1989
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 65
1920 - 1989
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 66
1921 - 1989
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 67
1903 - 1989
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 68
Among people born in Czechia, Karel Zeman ranks 163 out of 973. Before him are Viktor Ullmann (1898), Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863), Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria (1860), Věra Chytilová (1929), Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760), and Bedřich Hrozný (1879). After him are Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia (888), Josef Koudelka (1938), František Palacký (1798), Carl von Rokitansky (1804), Christoph Schönborn (1945), and Josef Čapek (1887).
1898 - 1944
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 157
1863 - 1954
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 158
1860 - 1933
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 159
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 160
1760 - 1812
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 161
1879 - 1952
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 162
1910 - 1989
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 163
888 - 921
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 164
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 165
1798 - 1876
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 166
1804 - 1878
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 167
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 168
1887 - 1945
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 169
Among film directors born in Czechia, Karel Zeman ranks 6. Before him are Miloš Forman (1932), Jiří Menzel (1938), Jan Švankmajer (1934), G. W. Pabst (1885), and Věra Chytilová (1929). After him are Jiří Trnka (1912), Karel Reisz (1926), Václav Vorlíček (1930), František Čáp (1913), Otakar Vávra (1911), and Ivan Passer (1933).
1932 - 2018
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 1
1938 - 2020
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 2
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 3
1885 - 1967
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 4
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 5
1910 - 1989
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 6
1912 - 1969
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 7
1926 - 2002
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 8
1930 - 2019
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 9
1913 - 1972
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 10
1911 - 2011
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 11
1933 - 2020
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 12