FILM DIRECTOR

Mauritz Stiller

1883 - 1928

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Mauritz Stiller (born Moshe Stiller, 17 July 1883 – 8 November 1928) was a Finnish film director of Jewish origin, best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to America. Stiller was a pioneer of the Swedish film industry, writing and directing many short films from 1912. When Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer invited him to Hollywood as a director, he arrived with his new discovery Greta Gustafsson, whose screen name Greta Garbo is believed to have been his suggestion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mauritz Stiller has received more than 174,201 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Mauritz Stiller is the 468th most popular film director (down from 245th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Finland (down from 47th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mauritz Stiller ranks 468 out of 2,041. Before him are Hiroshi Teshigahara, Nadine Trintignant, Tom Holland, Patricio Guzmán, Mauro Bolognini, and André Cayatte. After him are Susanne Bier, Walter Frentz, Michael Radford, John Hughes, Robert Rossen, and Richard Lester.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Mauritz Stiller ranks 107. Before him are Eugen Ritter von Schobert, Nikolaos Plastiras, Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Marie Under, Riccardo Zandonai, and Dmytro Dontsov. After him are Ikki Kita, Sergey Belyavsky, Diego Martínez Barrio, Cho Man-sik, Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz, and Sam Wood. Among people deceased in 1928, Mauritz Stiller ranks 49. Before him are Léon Duguit, José Sánchez del Río, Eglantyne Jebb, Adolphe Appia, Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, and Otto Nordenskjöld. After him are Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Medardo Rosso, Larry Semon, Hermann Sudermann, and Robert Lansing.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Mauritz Stiller ranks 101 out of 751. Before him are Sanna Marin (1985), Pentti Linkola (1932), Rolf Nevanlinna (1895), Arvid Horn (1664), Väinö Tanner (1881), and Fredrika Bremer (1801). After him are Alexander von Nordmann (1803), Renny Harlin (1959), Jörn Donner (1933), Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943), Karl-August Fagerholm (1901), and Oskar Merikanto (1868).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Finland

Among film directors born in Finland, Mauritz Stiller ranks 3. Before him are Aki Kaurismäki (1957), and Mika Kaurismäki (1955). After him are Renny Harlin (1959), Jörn Donner (1933), Edvin Laine (1905), and Matti Kassila (1924).

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