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FILM DIRECTOR

Karyn Kusama

1968 - Today

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Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (born March 21, 1968) is an American filmmaker. She made her feature directorial debut with the sports drama film Girlfight (2000), for which she won Best Director and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Kusama went on to direct the science fiction action film Æon Flux (2005), based on the animated series of the same name created by Peter Chung, and the horror comedy film Jennifer's Body (2009). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karyn Kusama has received more than 1,038,018 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Karyn Kusama is the 1,738th most popular film director (down from 1,497th in 2019), the 14,495th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,674th in 2019) and the 541st most popular American Film Director.

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  • 1.0M

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  • 32.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Karyn Kusama ranks 1,738 out of 1,581Before her are Miranda July, Amat Escalante, Dagur Kári, Ryan Coogler, Jenji Kohan, and Lesli Linka Glatter. After her are Michelle MacLaren, Derek Cianfrance, Evan Goldberg, Rituparno Ghosh, Jon M. Chu, and David DeCoteau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Karyn Kusama ranks 651Before her are Josef Polig, Camelia Macoviciuc-Mihalcea, John Veldman, Greg Baker, Zdeněk Moravec, and Reinaldo Vicente Simão. After her are Andre Royo, Yasuhiro Yamada, Fabrice Guy, Titus Corlățean, Ademir Santos, and Brahim Lahlafi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karyn Kusama ranks 14,495 out of 18,182Before her are Julie Sommars (1942), Amy Landecker (1969), Mary Chapin Carpenter (1958), Monty Williams (1971), Ryan Hansen (1981), and Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802). After her are Robert Lopez (1975), Dorothy Tree (1906), Jim Parrack (1981), David Leestma (1949), Christy Mack (1991), and Clayton Kershaw (1988).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Karyn Kusama ranks 541Before her are Mark Duplass (1976), Samuel Bayer (1965), Miranda July (1974), Ryan Coogler (1986), Jenji Kohan (1969), and Lesli Linka Glatter (1953). After her are Derek Cianfrance (1974), Jon M. Chu (1979), David DeCoteau (1962), Travis Knight (1973), Lee Isaac Chung (1978), and Adam Wingard (1982).

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