FILM DIRECTOR

Věra Chytilová

1929 - 2014

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Věra Chytilová (2 February 1929 – 12 March 2014) was an avant-garde Czech film director and pioneer of Czech cinema. Banned by the Czechoslovak government in the 1960s, she is best known for her Czech New Wave film Sedmikrásky (Daisies). Her subsequent films screened at international film festivals, including Vlčí bouda (1987), which screened at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival, A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1989), which screened at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival, and The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992), which screened at the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Věra Chytilová has received more than 221,642 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Věra Chytilová is the 231st most popular film director (up from 248th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 160th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Film Director.

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.94

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Over the past year Věra Chytilová has had the most page views in the with 40,343 views, followed by English (34,316), and Slovak (6,322). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Georgian (325.53%), Malagasy (153.00%), and Ukrainian (91.59%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Věra Chytilová ranks 231 out of 2,041. Before her are Mario Monicelli, Chantal Akerman, Nicholas Ray, Mario Bava, Marco Ferreri, and Arthur Penn. After her are Gus Van Sant, Edwin S. Porter, Gabriel Axel, Ruggero Deodato, Terence Young, and Jacques Becker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Věra Chytilová ranks 101. Before her are Lorenzo Buffon, Stirling Moss, Michael Atiyah, Chespirito, David Kelly, and Paul Lauterbur. After her are Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, José Santamaría, Alasdair MacIntyre, Bob Denard, Georgi Markov, and Vera Miles. Among people deceased in 2014, Věra Chytilová ranks 63. Before her are Jean-Claude Duvalier, Robert A. Dahl, James Garner, Tito Vilanova, Chespirito, and Oscar de la Renta. After her are Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Gabriel Axel, Ernst Albrecht, Vujadin Boškov, Hilderaldo Bellini, and Billy Milligan.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Věra Chytilová ranks 158 out of 1,200. Before her are Adolf Schärf (1890), Cosmas of Prague (1045), Jan Koller (1973), Franz Benda (1709), Josef Čapek (1887), and Hugo Meisl (1881). After her are Victor Adler (1852), Josef Ressel (1793), Rafael Kubelík (1914), Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849), Emilie Schindler (1907), and Julius Fučík (1872).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, Věra Chytilová ranks 4. Before her are Miloš Forman (1932), Jiří Menzel (1938), and Jan Švankmajer (1934). After her are Karel Zeman (1910), G. W. Pabst (1885), Jiří Trnka (1912), Karel Reisz (1926), Václav Vorlíček (1930), František Čáp (1913), Elmar Klos (1910), and Harun Farocki (1944).

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Filmography

Daisies
Director
Two teenage girls embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world around them.
Dec 30o 19667.4 / 10
The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday
Director
Bohus is indolent and spends his days drinking brandy. One day he finds he has inherited a brickworks, several shops and a five-star hotel. Bohus sets out to tour his new empire, insulting everyone on the way.
Dec 14o 19926.7 / 10
Fruit of Paradise
Director
An experimental retelling of the story of Adam and Eve which then progresses into an allegorical depiction of the loss of innocence.
Jul 31o 19706.5 / 10