FILM DIRECTOR

Richard Oswald

1880 - 1963

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Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Oswald has received more than 75,077 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Oswald is the 689th most popular film director (down from 680th in 2019), the 673rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 639th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Austrian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 75k

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  • 51.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Richard Oswald ranks 689 out of 2,041. Before him are Aaron Russo, Alejandro Amenábar, Gérard Krawczyk, Harun Farocki, Bruce Beresford, and Aleksei Yuryevich German. After him are Claude Pinoteau, John Stagliano, Bruno Mattei, Timur Bekmambetov, Fred Niblo, and Riccardo Freda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Richard Oswald ranks 120. Before him are Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Walter Hohmann, Samuel Jones, Jeannette Rankin, Walter Short, and Eugen Slutsky. After him are Dmitry Karbyshev, Harry Baur, Carl Schuricht, Tom Mix, Alexander Bogomazov, and W. C. Fields. Among people deceased in 1963, Richard Oswald ranks 101. Before him are Patsy Cline, Shinobu Ishihara, Alan Gardiner, Adrian Carton de Wiart, Barnum Brown, and Lee Wallard. After him are André Maschinot, Guy Burgess, Pierre Blanchar, Erik Lundqvist, Vissarion Shebalin, and Robert Kerr.

Others Born in 1880

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Richard Oswald ranks 673 out of 1,424. Before him are Maria Wodzińska (1819), Marc Girardelli (1963), Karin Kneissl (1965), Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1582), Alfons Maria Stickler (1910), and Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck (1769). After him are Edwin Ernest Salpeter (1924), Otto Erich Deutsch (1883), Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844), Franz Welser-Möst (1960), Simon von Stampfer (1790), and Erik Schinegger (1948).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Austria

Among film directors born in Austria, Richard Oswald ranks 10. Before him are Josef von Sternberg (1894), Gustav Ucicky (1899), Alexander Korda (1893), Ernst Marischka (1893), Ulrich Seidl (1952), and Francis Lawrence (1971). After him are Hans Hass (1919), Harald Reinl (1908), Joe May (1880), Franz Antel (1913), Leopold Lindtberg (1902), and Stefan Ruzowitzky (1961).

Austrian born Film Directors

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