FILM DIRECTOR

David O. Russell

1958 - Today

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David Owen Russell (born August 20, 1958) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He has earned numerous accolades including two British Academy Film Awards, and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for five Academy Awards. Russell started his career directing the dark comedy films Spanking the Monkey (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Three Kings (1999), and I Heart Huckabees (2004). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David O. Russell has received more than 4,496,556 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). David O. Russell is the 555th most popular film director (up from 694th in 2019), the 3,476th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,488th in 2019) and the 138th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, David O. Russell ranks 555 out of 2,041. Before him are László Benedek, Martin Ritt, Ildikó Enyedi, Uli Edel, Zoltán Fábri, and Gore Verbinski. After him are Anja Breien, George Albert Smith, Grigori Kozintsev, David Byrne, King Hu, and František Čáp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, David O. Russell ranks 102. Before him are Hery Rajaonarimampianina, Riccardo Paletti, Sergey Sobyanin, Andy Gibb, Cornelia Funke, and Lakhdar Belloumi. After him are Didier Auriol, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Kevin Sorbo, Carlos Tavares, Natalya Estemirova, and Tony Leung Ka-fai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David O. Russell ranks 3,476 out of 20,380. Before him are Donn F. Eisele (1930), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Big Mama Thornton (1926), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), Gore Verbinski (1964), and Brenda Vaccaro (1939). After him are Jim Davis (1909), James Samuel Coleman (1926), E. C. Segar (1894), Eddie Vedder (1964), Mary Tyler Moore (1936), and Jonathan Groff (1985).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, David O. Russell ranks 138. Before him are Clarence Brown (1890), Jennifer Lee (1971), Philip Kaufman (1936), Kenneth Anger (1927), Martin Ritt (1914), and Gore Verbinski (1964). After him are Frederick Wiseman (1930), Budd Boetticher (1916), Norman Taurog (1899), Jerome Robbins (1918), Robert Rodriguez (1968), and Donald P. Bellisario (1935).

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