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  1. Werner HerzogDirectorsGermany

    Busiest day 2 Nov, no cause found yet

    72.0Fame score out of 100

    About as usualBusiest day 2 Nov, no cause found yet

  2. Uwe BollDirectorsGermany

    70.6Fame score out of 100

    About as usual

  3. Wim WendersDirectorsGermany

    67.9Fame score out of 100

    About as usual

#PersonCountryCategoryFame score, How we knowWhy now
4thRoland EmmerichGerman filmmaker b. 1955GermanyDirectors64.0of 100About as usual
5thBianca HeinickeGerman film producer b. 1993GermanyDirectors59.6of 100
6thFatih AkinGerman filmmaker b. 1973GermanyDirectors59.6of 100Busiest day 2 Nov, no cause found yet
7thJenny ErpenbeckGerman opera director and writer b. 1967GermanyDirectors59.2of 100About as usual
8thVolker SchlöndorffGerman film director, screenwriter and film producer b. 1939GermanyDirectors58.5of 100New film: Visitation, 15 Oct
9thTom TykwerGerman film director, screenwriter b. 1965GermanyDirectors58.1of 100About as usual
10thFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckGerman film director and screenwriter b. 1973GermanyDirectors57.6of 100About as usual
11thBaran bo OdarGerman film director and screenwriter b. 1978GermanyDirectors55.2of 100Counted to 15 September 2026, not since.
12thChristian PetzoldGerman film director b. 1960GermanyDirectors54.7of 100
13thDetlev BuckGerman film director, actor, screenwriter and film producer b. 1962GermanyDirectors53.3of 100Busiest day 31 Oct, no cause found yet
14thDoris DörrieGerman film director, writer and film producer b. 1955GermanyDirectors51.7of 100
15thAron LehmannGerman film director b. 1981GermanyDirectors51.2of 100
16thArmin MaiwaldGerman author, television director and children's... b. 1940GermanyDirectors50.8of 100Busiest day 1 Nov, no cause found yet
17thBora DağtekinGerman screenwriter and film director b. 1978GermanyDirectors50.1of 100Rising this week, no cause found yet
18thLexi AlexanderGerman director b. 1974GermanyDirectors48.1of 100
19thHendrik HandloegtenGerman film director and screenwriter b. 1968GermanyDirectors47.4of 100Counted to 20 September 2026, not since.
20thPeter ThorwarthGerman director and screenwriter b. 1971GermanyDirectors46.3of 100Counted to 17 September 2026, not since.
21stPhilippa JarkeDirectors · b. 1975GermanyDirectors46.2of 100Rising this week, no cause found yet

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Werner Herzog leads the 471 living directors from Germany. Ranked by public attention and updated every day. Climbing fastest this week: Bernhard Jasper.

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