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FILM DIRECTOR

Uwe Boll

1965 - Today

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Uwe Boll (German: [ˈuːvə ˈbɔl]; born June 22, 1965) is a German filmmaker. He came to prominence during the 2000s for his adaptations of video game franchises. Released theatrically, the films were critical and commercial failures; his 2005 Alone in the Dark adaptation is considered one of the worst films ever made. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Uwe Boll has received more than 2,950,980 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Uwe Boll is the 726th most popular film director (up from 769th in 2019), the 3,445th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,356th in 2019) and the 36th most popular German Film Director.

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  • 49.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Uwe Boll ranks 726 out of 1,581. Before him are Karel Lamač, Erik Balling, Robert Z. Leonard, Sergei Bodrov, András Kovács, and Rosa von Praunheim. After him are Billy Hayes, Emile Ardolino, Michel Audiard, Stephen Daldry, Harun Farocki, and Sally Potter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Uwe Boll ranks 124. Before him are Cem Özdemir, Karim Massimov, Rob Zombie, Stefano Domenicali, Frédéric Beigbeder, and Marcelino García Toral. After him are Amanda Tapping, Shinji Mikami, Ulf Kirsten, Sergi López, Mario Lemieux, and Yuki Kajiura.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Uwe Boll ranks 3,445 out of 6,142. Before him are Gustav Knuth (1901), Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1685), Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769), Gunter d'Alquen (1910), Heinrich Zille (1858), and Leopold III, Prince of Lippe (1821). After him are Josef Frings (1887), Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824), Otto Finsch (1839), Sarah Kirsch (1935), Mehmet Scholl (1970), and John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1596).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Uwe Boll ranks 36. Before him are Bernd Eichinger (1949), Werner Schroeter (1945), Percy Adlon (1935), Fatih Akin (1973), Uli Edel (1947), and Wolfgang Becker (1954). After him are Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (1935), Konrad Wolf (1925), Michael Verhoeven (1938), Joseph Vilsmaier (1939), Marc Forster (1969), and Edgar Reitz (1932).

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Filmography

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