Leni Riefenstahl
German filmmaker (1902–2003)
1.89body-of-work score · ranked #542 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- August 22, 1902 · Berlin
- Died
- September 8, 2003 · Pöcking
- Nationality
- Germany, Sudan, German Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany
- Work
- film producer, film editor, screenwriter, film actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1938 · German Reich · documentary
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1940 #1 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1940 #5 · TIME All-TIME 100
1.764 citations - 20.131 citation
Complete filmography
All 13 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1932The Blue Light
- 1933Der Sieg des Glaubens
- 1935Tag der Freiheit: Unsere Wehrmacht
- 1935Triumph of the Will
- 1936Olympia: The Film Of The Xi Olympic Games, Berlin, 1936
- 1936Olympia. Part Ii. Festival Of Beauty: The Diving Sequence
- 1936The Olympia Marathon Sequence
- 1938Olympia
- 1938Olympia (2 Teile)
- 1938Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
- 1938Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
- 1954Tiefland
- 2002Impressionen unter Wasser