FILM DIRECTOR

David Byrne

1952 - Today

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David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads. Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Byrne has received more than 10,842,707 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). David Byrne is the 559th most popular film director (down from 491st in 2019), the 2,075th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,862nd in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, David Byrne ranks 559 out of 2,041. Before him are Zoltán Fábri, Gore Verbinski, David O. Russell, Anja Breien, George Albert Smith, and Grigori Kozintsev. After him are King Hu, František Čáp, Thelma Schoonmaker, Sergei Yutkevich, Chris Menges, and Tonino Delli Colli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, David Byrne ranks 183. Before him are Michael Cunningham, Vasco Rossi, Freddy Maertens, Harold Faltermeyer, Vinnie Vincent, and Ricardo Martinelli. After him are Rishi Kapoor, Wim Rijsbergen, Jacques Santini, Peter Haber, Annette O'Toole, and Grigory Yavlinsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Byrne ranks 2,075 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Holdstock (1948), Steve Winwood (1948), Alexander Parkes (1813), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Josephine Tey (1896), and Marion Chesney (1936). After him are Roderick Murchison (1792), Frank Finlay (1926), James Herriot (1916), Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1182), Rick Davies (1944), and Princess Eugenie of York (1990).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, David Byrne ranks 39. Before him are Mike Leigh (1943), Peter Yates (1929), Ken Annakin (1914), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Hugh Hudson (1936), and George Albert Smith (1864). After him are Chris Menges (1940), Anthony Asquith (1902), Lewis Gilbert (1920), Michael Powell (1905), Norman McLaren (1914), and Nicolas Roeg (1928).

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