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FILM DIRECTOR

Adam McKay

1968 - Today

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Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. McKay began his career as a head writer for the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 1995 to 2001. Following his departure from SNL, he rose to fame in the 2000s for his collaborations with comedian Will Ferrell and co-wrote his comedy films Anchorman (2004), Talladega Nights (2006), Step Brothers (2008), and The Other Guys (2010). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adam McKay has received more than 9,300,714 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Adam McKay is the 494th most popular film director (up from 1,177th in 2019), the 3,165th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,504th in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 9.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Adam McKay ranks 494 out of 1,581. Before him are Elio Petri, Seijun Suzuki, Hal Ashby, Néstor Almendros, David Byrne, and Olivier Assayas. After him are Walter Frentz, Richard Lester, Ernst Marischka, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Arthur Hiller, and Mauro Bolognini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Adam McKay ranks 64. Before him are Aidan Gillen, DJ BoBo, Carlos Marín, Hervé Renard, Larry Sanger, and Stefan Effenberg. After him are Jovenel Moïse, Oleg Deripaska, Damon Albarn, Thom Yorke, Toni Kukoč, and Daniel Dae Kim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adam McKay ranks 3,165 out of 18,182. Before him are Roy J. Plunkett (1910), Patty Hearst (1954), Barry Goldwater (1909), Chris O'Donnell (1970), John Krasinski (1979), and James Hong (1929). After him are Katharine Houghton (1945), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), Marty Friedman (1962), Julian Rotter (1916), Jackie Cooper (1922), and Frank Beard (1949).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Adam McKay ranks 127. Before him are Aaron Russo (1943), Clarence Brown (1890), John Lasseter (1957), John Hughes (1950), John Waters (1946), and Hal Ashby (1929). After him are Richard Lester (1932), Abel Ferrara (1951), Martin Ritt (1914), Taylor Hackford (1944), Chuck Lorre (1952), and Paul Thomas Anderson (1970).

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