FILM DIRECTOR

Mike Leigh

1943 - Today

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Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English writer-director and former actor with film, theatre, and television career spanning nearly 60 years. He has received numerous accolades, including prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, and the Venice International Film Festival, three BAFTA Awards, and nominations for seven Academy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Leigh has received more than 2,446,703 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Mike Leigh is the 516th most popular film director (down from 424th in 2019), the 1,904th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,668th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Film Director.

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  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mike Leigh ranks 516 out of 2,041. Before him are Richard Boleslawski, Ted Kotcheff, Sam Wood, Clarence Brown, Fernando Solanas, and Boris Barnet. After him are Néstor Almendros, James Wong, Luis García Berlanga, Claude Autant-Lara, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Peter Yates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Mike Leigh ranks 232. Before him are Marika Green, Stanley Fischer, Jimmy Wang Yu, Sani Abacha, Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, and Nolan Bushnell. After him are Rashid Sunyaev, Patrick Demarchelier, Maurice Bishop, Valery Nepomnyashchy, Angélica María, and Osamu Dezaki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mike Leigh ranks 1,904 out of 8,785. Before him are Billy Wright (1924), Mike Rutherford (1950), Catherine Ashton (1956), Harry Redknapp (1947), John Hume (1937), and Rædwald of East Anglia (550). After him are Ian Hill (1952), James Wolfe (1727), Arthur Young (1741), Ronnie Biggs (1929), Julian Sands (1958), and Louise, Princess Royal (1867).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Mike Leigh ranks 33. Before him are Michael Anderson (1920), David Yates (1963), Ken Russell (1927), Derek Jarman (1942), John Badham (1939), and Michael Apted (1941). After him are Peter Yates (1929), Ken Annakin (1914), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Hugh Hudson (1936), George Albert Smith (1864), and David Byrne (1952).

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