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FILM DIRECTOR

Leigh Whannell

1977 - Today

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Leigh Whannell (; born 17 January 1977) is an Australian filmmaker and actor. He is best known for writing films directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw (2004), Dead Silence (2007), Insidious (2010), and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leigh Whannell has received more than 3,528,231 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Leigh Whannell is the 1,249th most popular film director (down from 1,244th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Australia (up from 290th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Australian Film Director.

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  • 43.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

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  • 4.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Leigh Whannell ranks 1,249 out of 1,581. Before him are Dennis Gansel, Neil Burger, Michael Hoffman, Stanley Tong, George Abbott, and Lev Kulidzhanov. After him are Phil Alden Robinson, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Steve Miner, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Lee Unkrich, and Clifford Odets.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Leigh Whannell ranks 148. Before him are Paul Pierce, Park Eun-hye, Laila Ali, Eric Christian Olsen, Brian Tee, and Adam Darski. After him are Li Tie, Rôni, Édgar Ramírez, Andreas Kaplan, Oksana Baiul, and Kim Hyun-joo.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Leigh Whannell ranks 250 out of 925. Before him are David Gulpilil (1953), Melissa George (1976), Stanley Bruce (1883), Mervyn Rose (1930), Alycia Debnam-Carey (1993), and Frank Fenner (1914). After him are Lauren Jackson (1981), Helen Quinn (1943), Sidney Nolan (1917), Harry Kewell (1978), Kyrie Irving (1992), and John Bromwich (1918).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Australia

Among film directors born in Australia, Leigh Whannell ranks 13. Before him are Phillip Noyce (1950), Russell Mulcahy (1953), John Farrow (1904), John Pilger (1939), Fred Schepisi (1939), and John Seale (1942). After him are John Hillcoat (1961), Gillian Armstrong (1950), Cate Shortland (1968), Craig Gillespie (1967), James McTeigue (1967), and Greig Fraser (1975).

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Filmography

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