FILM DIRECTOR

Mimi Leder

1952 - Today

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Miriam Leder (; born January 26, 1952) is an American film and television director and producer; she is noted for her action films and use of special effects. She has directed the films The Peacemaker (1997), Deep Impact (1998), Pay It Forward (2000), and On the Basis of Sex (2018). She was the first female graduate of the AFI Conservatory, in 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mimi Leder has received more than 713,956 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Mimi Leder is the 1,032nd most popular film director (up from 1,048th in 2019), the 6,569th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,906th in 2019) and the 252nd most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mimi Leders by language

Over the past year Mimi Leder has had the most page views in the with 91,770 views, followed by German (11,914), and Japanese (9,970). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (132.37%), Finnish (62.56%), and German (59.90%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mimi Leder ranks 1,032 out of 2,041. Before her are Joe May, John Berry, Vittorio De Seta, Stanislav Rostotsky, Candida Royalle, and Moufida Tlatli. After her are Michael Chapman, Stephen Sommers, Jean-Marc Vallée, Kei Kumai, Louis Leterrier, and Barbara Hammer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Mimi Leder ranks 361. Before her are Lee Hae-chan, Sybil Danning, Brad Whitford, Bernard Edwards, Antanas Mockus, and George Gervin. After her are Mary Ellen Trainor, Jenny Agutter, Gene Haas, André Comte-Sponville, Ketil Bjørnstad, and Merrick Garland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mimi Leder ranks 6,569 out of 20,380. Before her are George Gervin (1952), Candida Royalle (1950), Julie Bowen (1970), Susanna Thompson (1958), Phyllis Schlafly (1924), and Rory Calhoun (1922). After her are Robert Berdella (1949), Jack Dongarra (1950), Mary Ellen Trainor (1952), John Pope (1822), Shelley Hack (1947), and Florence R. Sabin (1871).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Mimi Leder ranks 252. Before her are Wilfred Jackson (1906), Robert Towne (1934), Archie Mayo (1891), Irwin Allen (1916), John Berry (1917), and Candida Royalle (1950). After her are Michael Chapman (1935), Stephen Sommers (1962), Barbara Hammer (1939), Todd Haynes (1961), Abraham Polonsky (1910), and Bill Condon (1955).

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Filmography

Pay It Forward
Director
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Oct 20o 20007.316 / 10
Deep Impact
Director
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
May 8o 19986.221 / 10
Shameless
Director
Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.
8.152 / 10