FILM DIRECTOR

Lawrence Kasdan

1949 - Today

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Lawrence Edward Kasdan (born January 14, 1949) is an American filmmaker. He is the co-writer of the Star Wars films The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), The Force Awakens (2015), and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lawrence Kasdan has received more than 2,684,398 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Lawrence Kasdan is the 653rd most popular film director (down from 609th in 2019), the 4,160th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,969th in 2019) and the 158th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 2.7M

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  • 52.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lawrence Kasdan ranks 653 out of 2,041Before him are Rob Cohen, Francis Lawrence, Raoul Servais, Carmine Gallone, Nancy Meyers, and Géza von Radványi. After him are Mario Salieri, Rob Marshall, Stan Winston, John Pilger, Bruno Nuytten, and Friz Freleng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Lawrence Kasdan ranks 262Before him are Mari Alkatiri, Jean Petit, Henning Jensen, Nancy Meyers, Tony Cragg, and Flora Brovina. After him are Arturo Sandoval, Hennie Kuiper, Herman Rarebell, Bertalan Farkas, Michael Brecker, and Ivan Patzaichin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lawrence Kasdan ranks 4,160 out of 20,380Before him are Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909), William Larned (1872), Frank Carlucci (1930), Eddie Bracken (1915), Albert George Wilson (1918), and Jane Toppan (1854). After him are Willa Cather (1873), Charles Francis Hall (1821), John D. Rockefeller III (1906), Horace Greeley (1811), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), and Ansel Adams (1902).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Lawrence Kasdan ranks 158Before him are James Mangold (1963), Larry Clark (1943), John Cromwell (1886), David Zucker (1947), Rob Cohen (1949), and Nancy Meyers (1949). After him are Rob Marshall (1960), Stan Winston (1946), Friz Freleng (1906), Paul Thomas Anderson (1970), Andrew Blake (1947), and Robert Z. Leonard (1889).

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