FILM DIRECTOR

Deeyah Khan

1977 - Today

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Deeyah Khan (Urdu: دیا خان, pronounced [diːja xaːn], born 7 August 1977) is a Norwegian documentary film director and human rights activist of Punjabi/Pashtun descent. Deeyah is a two-time Emmy Award winner, two time Peabody Award winner, a BAFTA winner and has received the Royal Television Society award for Best Factual Director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Deeyah Khan has received more than 409,741 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Deeyah Khan is the 2,012th most popular film director (down from 1,794th in 2019), the 923rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 822nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Norwegian Film Director.

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  • 410k

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  • 36.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Deeyah Khan ranks 2,012 out of 2,041. Before her are Vishal Bhardwaj, Kalpana Lajmi, Raghava Lawrence, Jonathan Levine, Kabir Khan, and Hossein Rajabian. After her are Amanda Kernell, Mason Ewing, Lena Waithe, Drew Pearce, Benh Zeitlin, and Nicholas Stoller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Deeyah Khan ranks 1,051. Before her are Daisuke Tomita, Jean-Patrick Nazon, Lin Sang, Marcel Hacker, Peter Enckelman, and Naoki Chiba. After her are Shannon Miller, Muamer Vugdalić, Kosuke Harada, Josh Wolff, Mette Schjoldager, and Kazuyoshi Matsunaga.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Deeyah Khan ranks 923 out of 1,039. Before her are Emilie Haavi (1992), Celine Brun-Lie (1988), Bjørnar Moxnes (1981), Gustav Iden (1996), Daniel Berg Hestad (1975), and Mari Eide (1989). After her are Thomas Rogne (1990), Espen Andersen (1993), Kenneth Gangnes (1989), Adam Larsen Kwarasey (1987), Trond Andersen (1975), and Mix Diskerud (1990).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Norway

Among film directors born in Norway, Deeyah Khan ranks 9. Before her are Bent Hamer (1956), Nils Gaup (1955), Espen Sandberg (1971), Tommy Wirkola (1979), André Øvredal (1973), and Joachim Rønning (1972).

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