FILM DIRECTOR

Lenny Abrahamson

1966 - Today

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Leonard Ian Abrahamson (born 30 November 1966) is an Irish film and television director. He is best known for directing independent films Adam & Paul (2004), Garage (2007), What Richard Did (2012), Frank (2014), and Room (2015), all of which contributed to Abrahamson's six Irish Film and Television Awards. In 2015, he received widespread recognition for directing Room, based on the novel of the same name by Emma Donoghue. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lenny Abrahamson has received more than 907,083 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Lenny Abrahamson is the 1,642nd most popular film director (down from 1,500th in 2019), the 355th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 343rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Irish Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 910k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lenny Abrahamsons by language

Over the past year Lenny Abrahamson has had the most page views in the with 67,341 views, followed by Italian (6,472), and Russian (5,720). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latvian (98.77%), Catalan (68.08%), and Finnish (41.01%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lenny Abrahamson ranks 1,642 out of 2,041. Before him are Mari Okada, Josef Fares, Jim Wynorski, Tim Van Patten, Deran Sarafian, and Peter Cattaneo. After him are Brad Anderson, Neil Marshall, Tomm Moore, Prakash Jha, Zeki Demirkubuz, and Gaylen Ross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Lenny Abrahamson ranks 469. Before him are Pamela Adlon, Yanka Dyagileva, Denez Prigent, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Emese Hunyady, and Héctor Baldassi. After him are Shin Seung-hun, Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh, David Mackenzie, Timur Kulibayev, Artis Pabriks, and Michiko Matsuda.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Lenny Abrahamson ranks 355 out of 549. Before him are Johnny Carey (1919), Edward Carson (1854), Glen Hansard (1970), Colin O'Donoghue (1981), Sharon Corr (1970), and Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet (1864). After him are Orla Brady (1961), Robert Sheehan (1988), Geoffrey Keating (1569), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Marian Keyes (1963), and Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ireland

Among film directors born in Ireland, Lenny Abrahamson ranks 7. Before him are Neil Jordan (1950), Jim Sheridan (1949), Herbert Brenon (1880), Steve Barron (1956), Rex Ingram (1892), and William Desmond Taylor (1872). After him are John Moore (1970).

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Filmography

Frank
Director
A young wannabe musician discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
May 9o 20146.874 / 10
Room
Director
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
Oct 16o 20158.031 / 10
Normal People
Director
Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other’s lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved.
8.08 / 10