FILM DIRECTOR
Wolfgang Becker
1954 - Today
Wolfgang Becker
Wolfgang Becker (born 22 June 1954) is a German film director and screenwriter, best known to international audiences for his work Good Bye Lenin! (2003). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Becker has received more than 80,903 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Becker is the 686th most popular film director (down from 657th in 2019), the 3,346th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,092nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Film Director.
Memorability Metrics
81k
Page Views (PV)
50.45
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
23
Languages Editions (L)
6.38
Effective Languages (L*)
2.02
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Wolfgang Beckers by language
Among FILM DIRECTORS
Among film directors, Wolfgang Becker ranks 686 out of 1,581. Before him are Olle Hellbom, Richard Oswald, Michel Hazanavicius, Edgar G. Ulmer, Henry Selick, and Boris Barnet. After him are Aleksandr Ptushko, Sergio Sollima, Isabel Coixet, Chang Cheh, Jaromil Jireš, and Nicolas Winding Refn.
Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia
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Olle Hellbom
1925 - 1982
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 680
Richard Oswald
1880 - 1963
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 681
Michel Hazanavicius
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 682
Edgar G. Ulmer
1904 - 1972
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 683
Henry Selick
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 684
Boris Barnet
1902 - 1965
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 685
Wolfgang Becker
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 686
Aleksandr Ptushko
1900 - 1973
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 687
Sergio Sollima
1921 - 2015
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 688
Isabel Coixet
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 689
Chang Cheh
1923 - 2002
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 690
Jaromil Jireš
1935 - 2001
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 691
Nicolas Winding Refn
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 692
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1954, Wolfgang Becker ranks 167. Before him are Alice, Sam J. Jones, Kazuhiko Inoue, Roddy Piper, Anish Kapoor, and Gerd Faltings. After him are Kengo Kuma, Jonathan Pollard, Will Patton, Sam Allardyce, Mark Lindsay Chapman, and Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf.
Others Born in 1954
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Alice
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 161
Sam J. Jones
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 162
Kazuhiko Inoue
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 163
Roddy Piper
1954 - 2015
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 164
Anish Kapoor
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 165
Gerd Faltings
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 166
Wolfgang Becker
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 167
Kengo Kuma
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 168
Jonathan Pollard
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 169
Will Patton
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 170
Sam Allardyce
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 171
Mark Lindsay Chapman
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 172
Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 173
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Becker ranks 3,346 out of 6,142. Before him are John I, Count Palatine of Simmern (1459), Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1786), Edgar Jung (1894), Willigis (940), Erich Pommer (1889), and Otto Wilhelm Thomé (1840). After him are Carl Adam Petri (1926), Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (1783), Cem Özdemir (1965), Barthel Beham (1502), Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim (1701), and Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736).
Others born in Germany
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John I, Count Palatine of Simmern
1459 - 1509
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 3,340
Carl Friedrich von Ledebour
1786 - 1851
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 3,341
Edgar Jung
1894 - 1934
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 3,342
Willigis
940 - 1011
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 3,343
Erich Pommer
1889 - 1966
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 3,344
Otto Wilhelm Thomé
1840 - 1925
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 3,345
Wolfgang Becker
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 3,346
Carl Adam Petri
1926 - 2010
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 3,347
Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel
1783 - 1856
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 3,348
Cem Özdemir
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 3,349
Barthel Beham
1502 - 1540
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 3,350
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim
1701 - 1790
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 3,351
Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch
1736 - 1800
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 3,352
Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany
Among film directors born in Germany, Wolfgang Becker ranks 35. Before him are Oliver Hirschbiegel (1957), Bernd Eichinger (1949), Werner Schroeter (1945), Percy Adlon (1935), Fatih Akin (1973), and Uli Edel (1947). After him are Uwe Boll (1965), Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (1935), Konrad Wolf (1925), Michael Verhoeven (1938), Joseph Vilsmaier (1939), and Marc Forster (1969).
Oliver Hirschbiegel
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 29
Bernd Eichinger
1949 - 2011
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 30
Werner Schroeter
1945 - 2010
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 31
Percy Adlon
1935 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 32
Fatih Akin
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 33
Uli Edel
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 34
Wolfgang Becker
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 35
Uwe Boll
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 36
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 37
Konrad Wolf
1925 - 1982
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 38
Michael Verhoeven
1938 - Present
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 39
Joseph Vilsmaier
1939 - 2020
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 40
Marc Forster
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 41
