FILM DIRECTOR

Oliver Hirschbiegel

1957 - Today

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Oliver Hirschbiegel (born 29 December 1957) is a German film director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Hirschbiegel has received more than 288,116 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Oliver Hirschbiegel is the 568th most popular film director (up from 590th in 2019), the 3,028th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,011th in 2019) and the 28th most popular German Film Director.

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  • 27

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  • 6.49

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Oliver Hirschbiegel ranks 568 out of 2,041. Before him are Thelma Schoonmaker, Sergei Yutkevich, Chris Menges, Tonino Delli Colli, Georges Lautner, and Anthony Asquith. After him are Franco Rossi, Peter Stein, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Elmar Klos, André Delvaux, and Lewis Gilbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Oliver Hirschbiegel ranks 116. Before him are Steve Lukather, Nellie Kim, Peter Høeg, Glenn Hoddle, Irvine Welsh, and Stephen Dillane. After him are Nery Pumpido, Jaco Van Dormael, Bernie Mac, Bruce Rauner, Inès de La Fressange, and Roberto Rojas.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Oliver Hirschbiegel ranks 3,028 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Möbius (1825), Richard Wilhelm (1873), Salomea of Berg (1093), Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776), Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1703), and Ulf Kirsten (1965). After him are Princess Anna of Saxony (1836), Johann Melchior Molter (1696), John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1558), Theodoric of Freiberg (1250), Karl-Heinz Riedle (1965), and Heinrich von Brentano (1904).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Oliver Hirschbiegel ranks 28. Before him are Oskar Fischinger (1900), Walter Frentz (1907), Alexander Kluge (1932), Henry Koster (1905), Tom Tykwer (1965), and Uli Edel (1947). After him are Peter Stein (1937), Bernd Eichinger (1949), Fatih Akin (1973), Werner Schroeter (1945), Christian Petzold (1960), and Arnold Fanck (1889).

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Filmography

Downfall
Director
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
Sep 16o 20047.9 / 10
The Invasion
Director
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.
Aug 17o 20076 / 10
The Experiment
Director
20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.
Mar 8o 20017.4 / 10