FILM DIRECTOR

Lee Tamahori

1950 - Today

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Warren Lee Tamahori (; born 17 June 1950) is a New Zealand film director. His feature directorial debut, Once Were Warriors (1994), was a widespread critical and commercial success, and is considered one of the greatest New Zealand films ever made. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee Tamahori has received more than 1,976,798 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Lee Tamahori is the 1,186th most popular film director (down from 1,007th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular New Zealander Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lee Tamahori ranks 1,186 out of 2,041. Before him are Nelly Kaplan, Břetislav Pojar, Hany Abu-Assad, Benny Chan, Ardeshir Irani, and Jaume Collet-Serra. After him are Niels Arden Oplev, Trey Parker, Robert Kramer, Alexander Mitta, Douglas Slocombe, and Kazimierz Kutz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Lee Tamahori ranks 426. Before him are Fran Lebowitz, Alec Jeffreys, Arianna Huffington, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Savio Hon, and Hugo Hovenkamp. After him are Peter Gould, Joseph Paul Franklin, Jhala Nath Khanal, Tess Harper, George Thorogood, and Peter Jurasik.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Lee Tamahori ranks 59 out of 303. Before him are Wallace Fard Muhammad (1893), Terence Bayler (1930), Hugh Anderson (1936), Fran Walsh (1959), Rupert Julian (1879), and Vaughan Jones (1952). After him are Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Field hockey (null), John Dew (1948), Martin Henderson (1974), Murray Halberg (1933), Michael Hardie Boys (1931), and Yvette Williams (1929).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In New Zealand

Among film directors born in New Zealand, Lee Tamahori ranks 7. Before him are Peter Jackson (1961), Martin Campbell (1943), Jane Campion (1954), Andrew Niccol (1964), Fran Walsh (1959), and Rupert Julian (1879). After him are Andrew Adamson (1966), Geoff Murphy (1938), Niki Caro (1967), and Andrew Dominik (1967).

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