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Leni Riefenstahl

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Filmmaker

The Resume

    (August 22, 1902-September 8, 2003)
    Directed 'Triumph of The Will' and 'Olympia' Part 1 and 2
    Avid scuba diver
    Directed a Rammstein video

Why she might be annoying:

    She was hired by Adolf Hitler with an unlimited budget to make Nazi propaganda films.
    She was indicted as a Nazi sympathizer and was sentenced to four years in prison.
    She was accused of forcibly using Gypsies from concentration camps as extras in her films.
    She had a huge ego.
    She feuded with Marlene Deitrich.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She claimed that she was never a Nazi party member, and never anti-Semitic.
    At sixty years old, she lived with and photographed African tribes.
    Her work is still considered aesthetically inspiring.
    Although known as 'Hitler's Filmmaker,' she only directed two films for the Nazis and only 'Triumph of the Will' was released.
    In her nineties she made an underwater film.
    She appeared nude in a film called 'Ways to Strength and Beauty'
    Some additional info: Neindyfeiv

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 56 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 82.35% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 44 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 27 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 40 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 79 Votes: 78.48% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 54 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 81 Votes: 65.43% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 70 Votes: 65.71% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 82 Votes: 70.73% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 156 Votes: 67.95% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 186 Votes: 68.28% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 278 Votes: 66.55% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 369 Votes: 67.48% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 840 Votes: 64.40% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2161 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 3624 Votes: 65.34% Annoying