FILM DIRECTOR

Kasi Lemmons

1961 - Today

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Kasi Lemmons (; born Karen Lemmons, February 24, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She made her directorial debut with Eve's Bayou (1997), followed by Talk to Me (2007), Black Nativity (2013), Harriet (2019), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kasi Lemmons has received more than 1,210,475 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Kasi Lemmons is the 1,675th most popular film director (down from 1,579th in 2019), the 12,635th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,286th in 2019) and the 481st most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kasi Lemmons by language

Over the past year Kasi Lemmons has had the most page views in the with 134,943 views, followed by German (6,424), and Italian (5,277). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (120.96%), Afrikaans (87.13%), and Egyptian Arabic (57.46%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kasi Lemmons ranks 1,675 out of 2,041. Before her are William Daniels, Philippe Falardeau, Nimród Antal, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Nils Gaup, and Rainer Simon. After her are Robert Eggers, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Tariq Anwar, Craig Gillespie, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and Kevin Lima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Kasi Lemmons ranks 583. Before her are Gillian Gilbert, Jorge Guasch, Koichi Hashiratani, Michael Schulz, Mike Thackwell, and Peter Beardsley. After her are Tim Meadows, Håkan Hardenberger, Lucas Belvaux, Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea, Greg Gianforte, and Israel Tsvaygenbaum.

Others Born in 1961

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kasi Lemmons ranks 12,635 out of 20,380. Before her are Sid Eudy (1960), Brad Little (1954), Fidel LaBarba (1905), Carlene Carter (1955), J. Farrell MacDonald (1875), and David Wolf (1956). After her are Paige O'Hara (1956), Jay Mohr (1970), Tom Irwin (1956), Mary Ellen Weber (1962), Eric Close (1967), and Tim Meadows (1961).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Kasi Lemmons ranks 481. Before her are Jack Hannah (1913), Larry Charles (1956), Ira Sachs (1965), Lowell Thomas (1892), William Daniels (1901), and Nimród Antal (1973). After her are Robert Eggers (1983), Kevin Lima (1962), Mark Romanek (1959), Greg Nicotero (1963), Pamela Fryman (1959), and Newton Thomas Sigel (1955).

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Filmography

The Silence of the Lambs
Director
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Feb 14o 19918.344 / 10
Candyman
Director
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Oct 16o 19926.602 / 10
Hard Target
Director
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
Apr 27o 19936.34 / 10