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 391,315 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 920th most popular biography from Norway (down from 822nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Norwegian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 27.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Deeyah Khans by language

Over the past year Deeyah Khan has had the most page views in the with 22,465 views, followed by Chinese (797), and Arabic (790). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (33.45%), Czech (23.28%), and Maithili (17.89%)

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 1,050. 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 920 out of 1,039. Before her are Håvard Bøkko (1987), Emilie Haavi (1992), Celine Brun-Lie (1988), Bjørnar Moxnes (1981), 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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Filmography

White Right: Meeting the Enemy
Director
Emmy award-winning filmmaker Deeyah Khan joins the frontline of the race wars in America, sitting down face-to-face with Neo-Nazis and fascists.
Dec 11o 20178.1 / 10
Jihad: A Story Of The Others
Director
An unflinching but sensitive and personal examination of jihadism and radicalisation, its causes and its possible solutions.
Oct 3o 20157 / 10
Banaz: A Love Story
Director
This is a documentary film chronicling the brutal Honour Killing of Banaz Mahmod, a young British Kurdish woman in London, killed by her own family for choosing a life for herself.
Sep 7o 20126 / 10