FILM DIRECTOR

Ben Wheatley

1972 - Today

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Ben Wheatley (born 1972) is an English filmmaker, film editor, and animator. Beginning his career in advertising, Wheatley first gained recognition and acclaim for his commercials and short films, before transitioning into feature films and television programmes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Wheatley has received more than 1,600,741 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Wheatley is the 1,821st most popular film director (down from 1,741st in 2019), the 6,427th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,186th in 2019) and the 141st most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ben Wheatleys by language

Over the past year Ben Wheatley has had the most page views in the with 258,626 views, followed by Italian (13,963), and German (11,922). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Japanese (250.65%), Spanish (162.67%), and German (138.97%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ben Wheatley ranks 1,821 out of 2,041. Before him are Claudio Miranda, Tommy Wirkola, Sebastian Schipper, Paul Weitz, Neil LaBute, and Andrei Kravchuk. After him are Kelly Asbury, Jan Hřebejk, Oren Peli, Naoko Yamada, Mai Masri, and Shakti Samanta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Ben Wheatley ranks 632. Before him are Brad Paisley, Persia White, Rob Thomas, Tim Lobinger, Yermakhan Ibraimov, and Tomasz Hajto. After him are Shinobu Terajima, Kim Do-keun, Sergei Gurenko, Nino Katamadze, Sourav Ganguly, and Loek van Wely.

Others Born in 1972

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ben Wheatley ranks 6,427 out of 8,785. Before him are Ben Chilwell (1996), Callum Turner (1990), Andy Sutcliffe (1947), Elyes Gabel (1983), Gabriella Wilde (1989), and Stuart J. Russell (1962). After him are Graham Watson (1956), Sandy Turnbull (1884), Peter Thompson (1942), William Hewson (1739), Joey Batey (1989), and Pete Shelley (1955).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Ben Wheatley ranks 141. Before him are Laurence Rees (1957), Adam Curtis (1955), Simon Kinberg (1973), Oliver Parker (1960), Peter Webber (1968), and Ben Davis (1961). After him are Chris Cunningham (1970), Lynne Ramsay (1969), Bernard Rose (1960), Bill Forsyth (1946), David Slade (1969), and Simon Beaufoy (1966).

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Filmography

Meg 2: The Trench
Director
An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.
Aug 2o 20236.587 / 10
Doctor Who
Director
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
7.502 / 10
High-Rise
Director
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
Nov 22o 20155.6 / 10