FILM DIRECTOR

Lena Waithe

1984 - Today

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Lena Waithe (; born May 17, 1984) is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter. She is the creator of the Showtime drama series The Chi (2018–present) and the BET comedy series Boomerang (2019–20) and Twenties (2020–21). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lena Waithe has received more than 4,938,026 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Lena Waithe is the 2,015th most popular film director (down from 1,784th in 2019), the 18,613th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,292nd in 2019) and the 623rd most popular American Film Director.

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  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 26.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lena Waithe ranks 2,015 out of 2,041. Before her are Jonathan Levine, Kabir Khan, Hossein Rajabian, Deeyah Khan, Amanda Kernell, and Mason Ewing. After her are Drew Pearce, Benh Zeitlin, Nicholas Stoller, Santosh Ram, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, and Trent Opaloch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Lena Waithe ranks 1,135. Before her are Valeria Sorokina, Du Jing, Filip Šebo, Jon Foster, Diego Penny, and Jacques Faty. After her are Franco Ferreiro, Svetoslav Dyakov, Ionuț Gheorghe, Hrachik Javakhyan, David Neville, and Kenwyne Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lena Waithe ranks 18,613 out of 20,380. Before her are Jeremy Scahill (1974), Jay Lethal (1985), Bianca Knight (1989), Scottie Barnes (2001), Taylor Sander (1992), and Roshon Fegan (1991). After her are Cam Reddish (1999), Clementa C. Pinckney (1973), Stephen Colletti (1986), Kevin Downes (1972), Chris Drury (1976), and Chris Brochu (1989).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Lena Waithe ranks 623. Before her are Jeff Wadlow (1976), Josh Trank (1984), Akiva Schaffer (1977), Jamie Babbit (1970), Josh Cooley (1979), and Jonathan Levine (1976). After her are Benh Zeitlin (1982), Jordan Vogt-Roberts (1984), Dee Rees (1977), Don Hertzfeldt (1976), Jeff Fowler (1978), and Robert Lorenz (2000).

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