FILM DIRECTOR

Rainer Simon

1941 - Today

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Rainer Simon (born 11 January 1941) is a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1964 and 2000. His How to Marry a King (1969) and Six Make it Through the World (1972) are highly imaginative adaptations of fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers, and together with his 1975 Till Eulenspiegel, which is based on Renaissance stories that had been Christa and Gerhard Wolf recast into a film narration incorporating period history, present a very substantial contribution to World Cinema's carnevalesque film genre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rainer Simon has received more than 20,170 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Rainer Simon is the 1,674th most popular film director (down from 1,439th in 2019), the 5,803rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,892nd in 2019) and the 81st most popular German Film Director.

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  • 15

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  • 2.38

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  • 2.69

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Rainer Simon ranks 1,674 out of 2,041. Before him are Lowell Thomas, William Daniels, Philippe Falardeau, Nimród Antal, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and Nils Gaup. After him are Kasi Lemmons, Robert Eggers, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Tariq Anwar, Craig Gillespie, and Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Rainer Simon ranks 609. Before him are Arun Shourie, Yasmeen Lari, Bobby Goldsboro, Dipali Barthakur, Ellen Geer, and Mel Winkler. After him are Michael Mukasey, Jan Lehane, Ellen Willis, Marian Dudziak, Trent Lott, and Gloria Allred.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rainer Simon ranks 5,803 out of 7,253. Before him are Alexander Zorniger (1967), Bernd Dreher (1966), Katja Seizinger (1972), Volker Beck (1956), Nele Neuhaus (1967), and Dieter Kühn (1956). After him are Sandro Wagner (1987), Julia Reda (1986), Peter Müller (1955), Margit Schumann (1952), Ramona Neubert (1958), and Christoph Brüx (1965).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Rainer Simon ranks 81. Before him are Maren Ade (1976), Dominik Moll (1962), Hito Steyerl (1966), Caroline Link (1964), Detlev Buck (1962), and Marcus Nispel (1963). After him are Oskar Roehler (1959), Sebastian Schipper (1968), Florian Gallenberger (1972), Nicolette Krebitz (1972), and Emily Atef (1973).

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