FILM DIRECTOR

Lee Daniels

1959 - Today

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Lee Daniels (born December 24, 1959) is an American film and television producer, director and screenwriter. His first producer credit was Monster's Ball (2001), for which Halle Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress, making Daniels the first African-American film producer to solely produce an Oscar-winning film. He made his directorial debut with Shadowboxer in 2005 and has since then directed the films Precious (2009), The Paperboy (2012, which he co-wrote), The Butler (2013) and The United States vs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee Daniels has received more than 3,254,219 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Daniels is the 1,705th most popular film director (down from 1,511th in 2019), the 13,094th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,533rd in 2019) and the 494th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lee Daniels by language

Over the past year Lee Daniels has had the most page views in the with 341,362 views, followed by French (8,986), and Spanish (6,115). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (156.42%), Yoruba (81.87%), and Min Nan (79.62%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lee Daniels ranks 1,705 out of 2,041. Before him are Joseph Cedar, Zhang Yuan, Tatsuya Ishihara, Callie Khouri, Wojciech Smarzowski, and John Francis Dillon. After him are D. J. Caruso, Simon Wells, Carlos Reygadas, Ursula Meier, Yeon Sang-ho, and Floria Sigismondi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Lee Daniels ranks 586. Before him are Eduardo Acevedo, Oleg Logvin, Steve Bauer, Lawrence Taylor, Jim Meskimen, and Michelle Lujan Grisham. After him are Victoria Hislop, Gregory Kaidanov, Paul Gross, Savina Yannatou, Hal Hartley, and Kurtis Blow.

Others Born in 1959

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lee Daniels ranks 13,094 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert R. Gilruth (1913), John Francis Dillon (1884), Steve Cherundolo (1979), Frank Lautenberg (1924), Eddie Cibrian (1973), and Harry Anderson (1952). After him are D. J. Caruso (1965), Timmy Mayer (1938), Oliver La Farge (1901), Shepard Fairey (1970), Patricia Kalember (1956), and Bobby Hackett (1915).

Others born in United States

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Lee Daniels ranks 494. Before him are William Beaudine (1892), Gary Rydstrom (1959), Bill Pope (1952), Joseph Cedar (1968), Callie Khouri (1957), and John Francis Dillon (1884). After him are D. J. Caruso (1965), Frank Coraci (1966), Lesli Linka Glatter (1953), Hal Hartley (1959), Sam Esmail (1977), and Brad Silberling (1963).

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Filmography

The Butler
Director
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Aug 16o 20137.345 / 10
Empire
Director
A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
7.171 / 10
Precious
Director
Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret; She can't read.
Nov 6o 20097.334 / 10