1945 - 1982
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (German: [ˈʁaɪ̯nɐ ˈvɛʁnɐ ˈfasbɪndɐ] (listen); 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, actor, playwright, theatre director, composer, editor, and essayist. He is widely regarded as a prominent figure and catalyst of the New German Cinema movement. His first feature-length film was a gangster movie called Love Is Colder Than Death (1969); he scored his first domestic commercial success with The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972) and his first international success with Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), both of which are considered masterpieces by contemporary critics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rainer Werner Fassbinder has received more than 1,271,423 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Rainer Werner Fassbinder is the 63rd most popular film director (down from 62nd in 2019), the 390th most popular biography from Germany (up from 410th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Film Director.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder is most famous for his work in the German New Wave film movement. He produced and directed over 40 films in his lifetime.
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Among film directors, Rainer Werner Fassbinder ranks 63 out of 1,580. Before him are Claude Chabrol, Yasujirō Ozu, Terry Gilliam, Emir Kusturica, Elia Kazan, and Paul Verhoeven. After him are Abbas Kiarostami, Frank Capra, Robert Zemeckis, Alain Resnais, F. W. Murnau, and Luc Besson.
1930 - 2010
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 57
1903 - 1963
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 58
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 59
1954 - Present
HPI: 75.00
Rank: 60
1909 - 2003
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 61
1938 - Present
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 62
1945 - 1982
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 63
1940 - 2016
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 64
1897 - 1991
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 65
1952 - Present
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 66
1922 - 2014
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 67
1888 - 1931
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 68
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 69
Among people born in 1945, Rainer Werner Fassbinder ranks 24. Before him are Patrick Modiano, Daniel Ortega, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Lemmy, Björn Ulvaeus, and Rod Stewart. After him are Ian Gillan, Ehud Olmert, Goldie Hawn, Mia Farrow, Priscilla Presley, and Dean Koontz. Among people deceased in 1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder ranks 21. Before him are Vasily Chuikov, Barack Obama Sr., Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Jacques Tati, Karl von Frisch, and Glenn Gould. After him are Louis Aragon, Jiro Horikoshi, Gala Dalí, Georges Perec, Gilles Villeneuve, and Hans Selye.
1945 - Present
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 18
1945 - Present
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 19
1945 - Present
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 20
1945 - 2015
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 21
1945 - Present
HPI: 75.06
Rank: 22
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 23
1945 - 1982
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 24
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 25
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 26
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 27
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 28
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 29
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 30
1900 - 1982
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 15
1936 - 1982
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 16
1912 - 1982
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 17
1907 - 1982
HPI: 75.93
Rank: 18
1886 - 1982
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 19
1932 - 1982
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 20
1945 - 1982
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 21
1897 - 1982
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 22
1903 - 1982
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 23
1894 - 1982
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 24
1936 - 1982
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 25
1950 - 1982
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 26
1907 - 1982
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 27
Among people born in Germany, Rainer Werner Fassbinder ranks 390 out of 5,289. Before him are August von Mackensen (1849), Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926), Hans Adolf Krebs (1900), Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), Ernst Thälmann (1886), and Henri Nestlé (1814). After him are Karl Drais (1785), Max Bruch (1838), Johann Georg Faust (1480), Christopher of Bavaria (1416), Wilhelm Schickard (1592), and Robert Bunsen (1811).
1849 - 1945
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 384
1926 - 2002
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 385
1900 - 1981
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 386
1731 - 1767
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 387
1886 - 1944
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 388
1814 - 1890
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 389
1945 - 1982
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 390
1785 - 1851
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 391
1838 - 1920
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 392
1480 - 1541
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 393
1416 - 1448
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 394
1592 - 1635
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 395
1811 - 1899
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 396
Among film directors born in Germany, Rainer Werner Fassbinder ranks 5. Before him are Leni Riefenstahl (1902), Wim Wenders (1945), Michael Haneke (1942), and Werner Herzog (1942). After him are F. W. Murnau (1888), Ernst Lubitsch (1892), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Max Ophüls (1902), Roland Emmerich (1955), and Robert Siodmak (1900).
1902 - 2003
HPI: 80.52
Rank: 1
1945 - Present
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 2
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 3
1942 - Present
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 4
1945 - 1982
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 5
1888 - 1931
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 6
1892 - 1947
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 7
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 8
1939 - Present
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 9
1902 - 1957
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 10
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 11
1900 - 1973
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 12