FILM DIRECTOR

Max Ophüls

1902 - 1957

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Maximillian Oppenheimer ( OP-ən-hy-mər, German: [maksiˈmiːli̯aːn ˈʔɔpn̩ˌhaɪmɐ]; 6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957), known as Max Ophüls (UK: AW-fəlss, US: OH-fəlss, German: [maks ˈʔɔfʏls]) or simply Ophuls, was a German and French film director and screenwriter. He was known for his opulent and lyrical visual style, with heavy use of tracking shots, and his melancholic, romantic themes. The Harvard Film Archive referred to Ophüls as "a supreme stylist of the cinema and a master storyteller." A refugee from Nazi Germany, Ophüls worked in Germany (1931–1933), France (1933–1940 and 1950–1957), and the United States (1947–1950). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Ophüls has received more than 443,537 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Max Ophüls is the 170th most popular film director (up from 202nd in 2019), the 936th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,093rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Film Director.

Max Ophüls is most famous for his use of camera movement, particularly tracking shots, in his films.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Max Ophüls ranks 170 out of 2,041. Before him are Bille August, Jan Švankmajer, Masaki Kobayashi, Joel Schumacher, Abel Gance, and István Szabó. After him are Guillermo del Toro, Roy Andersson, Genndy Tartakovsky, Nagisa Oshima, Jacques Rivette, and Gordon Parks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Max Ophüls ranks 44. Before him are Reinhard Gehlen, Günther Anders, Prince George, Duke of Kent, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Alexandre Kojève, and Felix Wankel. After him are Princess Mafalda of Savoy, Antonia Brico, Luis Barragán, Lúcio Costa, George Ostrogorsky, and Pascual Jordan. Among people deceased in 1957, Max Ophüls ranks 38. Before him are Erich von Stroheim, Alfonso de Portago, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, V. Gordon Childe, and Beniamino Gigli. After him are Maurice Garin, Antonín Zápotocký, Erich Auerbach, Moša Pijade, Eliot Ness, and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Ophüls ranks 936 out of 7,253. Before him are John George III, Elector of Saxony (1647), Harald Quandt (1921), Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831), Franz Oppenheimer (1864), Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1942), and Sophia of Prussia (1870). After him are Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788), Hendrik Goltzius (1558), Christina of Saxony (1461), Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867), Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712), and Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Max Ophüls ranks 11. Before him are Werner Herzog (1942), Ernst Lubitsch (1892), F. W. Murnau (1888), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), and Roland Emmerich (1955). After him are Margarethe von Trotta (1942), Douglas Sirk (1897), Thea von Harbou (1888), Robert Siodmak (1900), Mike Nichols (1931), and Gustaf Gründgens (1899).

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