FILM DIRECTOR

Wolfgang Reitherman

1909 - 1985

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Wolfgang Reitherman (June 26, 1909 – May 22, 1985), also known and sometimes credited as Woolie Reitherman, was a German-American animator, director and producer and one of the "Nine Old Men" of core animators at Walt Disney Productions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Reitherman has received more than 531,048 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Wolfgang Reitherman is the 389th most popular film director (up from 421st in 2019), the 2,085th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,228th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Film Director.

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  • 27

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  • 5.08

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  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Wolfgang Reitherman ranks 389 out of 2,041. Before him are Yorgos Lanthimos, Patrice Leconte, Lotte Reiniger, Sam Mendes, Robert Benton, and Gerard Damiano. After him are Edward Yang, Jacques Copeau, Paolo Sorrentino, Ishirō Honda, Luigi Comencini, and Mervyn LeRoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Wolfgang Reitherman ranks 92. Before him are Nathan Rosen, Tokizo Ichihashi, Isa Miranda, Adolfo López Mateos, Roberto Burle Marx, and André Abegglen. After him are Bernd Rosemeyer, Atsushi Nakajima, Adib Shishakli, Guy de Rothschild, Attilio Demaría, and Ryszard Siwiec. Among people deceased in 1985, Wolfgang Reitherman ranks 69. Before him are Jean-Marie Loret, Vasyl Stus, Coral Buttsworth, Philly Joe Jones, Michael Redgrave, and Kiki Camarena. After him are Alfredo Foni, Helmuth Plessner, Birabongse Bhanudej, David Purley, Nicolas Frantz, and Heinz Hoffmann.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Reitherman ranks 2,085 out of 7,253. Before him are Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg (1588), Jan Tschichold (1902), Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901), Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1723), Erich Brandenberger (1892), and Klaus Augenthaler (1957). After him are Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802), Franz Aepinus (1724), Bernd Rosemeyer (1909), John Jacob Astor (1763), Mario Gómez (1985), and Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (1619).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Wolfgang Reitherman ranks 20. Before him are Thea von Harbou (1888), Robert Siodmak (1900), Mike Nichols (1931), Gustaf Gründgens (1899), Veit Harlan (1899), and Lotte Reiniger (1899). After him are Walter Ruttmann (1887), Oskar Fischinger (1900), Walter Frentz (1907), Alexander Kluge (1932), Henry Koster (1905), and Tom Tykwer (1965).

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