FILM DIRECTOR

Václav Vorlíček

1930 - 2019

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Václav Vorlíček (3 June 1930 – 5 February 2019) was a Czech film director. He studied filmmaking at FAMU from 1951 to 1956, and began directing feature films since the early 1960s. His filmography includes several comedies made in collaboration with screenwriter Miloš Macourek. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Václav Vorlíček has received more than 36,466 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Václav Vorlíček is the 446th most popular film director (up from 485th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 289th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Czech Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 36k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Václav Vorlíček ranks 446 out of 2,041. Before him are Jacques Tourneur, Louis Feuillade, Bertrand Blier, René Laloux, Don Bluth, and William A. Wellman. After him are Paweł Pawlikowski, Anton Corbijn, Ken Russell, Nick Castle, Philippe Garrel, and Yves Allégret.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Václav Vorlíček ranks 167. Before him are Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, Veljo Tormis, Bo Widerberg, Chus Lampreave, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, and Dani Karavan. After him are Todor Veselinović, Venantino Venantini, Harold Bloom, Mordechai Gur, Uladzimir Karatkievich, and Israel Kirzner. Among people deceased in 2019, Václav Vorlíček ranks 136. Before him are John Havlicek, Billy Drago, Kevin Roche, Sue Lyon, Peter Lindbergh, and Machiko Kyō. After him are Jean Vanier, Harold Bloom, Carmen Argenziano, William Levada, Anatoly Lukyanov, and Mark Hollis.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Václav Vorlíček ranks 275 out of 1,200. Before him are Rudolf Weigl (1883), Johann Radon (1887), Leopold Koželuch (1747), Franz Xaver Richter (1709), Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia (1075), and Dominik Duka (1943). After him are Alois Jirásek (1851), Judith of Bohemia (1056), Alois Hába (1893), Friedrich von Berchtold (1781), Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (1246), and Maria Restituta Kafka (1894).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Václav Vorlíček ranks 9. Before him are Jan Švankmajer (1934), Věra Chytilová (1929), Karel Zeman (1910), G. W. Pabst (1885), Jiří Trnka (1912), and Karel Reisz (1926). After him are František Čáp (1913), Elmar Klos (1910), Harun Farocki (1944), Otakar Vávra (1911), Karel Lamač (1897), and Karl Freund (1890).

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