FILM DIRECTOR

Nia DaCosta

1989 - Today

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Nia DaCosta (born November 8, 1989) is an American filmmaker. She rose to prominence when she made her feature-length debut as a writer and director with the crime thriller film Little Woods (2018), winning the Nora Ephron Prize for Female Filmmakers at the Tribeca Film Festival. After working on other projects, most notably directing two episodes of the British thriller series Top Boy in 2019, DaCosta became the first black female director to debut at No. 1 at the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nia DaCosta has received more than 1,716,511 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nia DaCosta is the 1,553rd most popular film director (up from 1,663rd in 2019), the 11,199th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,432nd in 2019) and the 431st most popular American Film Director.

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  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Nia DaCosta ranks 1,553 out of 2,041. Before her are Marc Webb, Brad Wright, Jean-François Richet, Jimmy T. Murakami, Glen Keane, and Vera Stroyeva. After her are Maren Ade, Phyllida Lloyd, Lou Ye, James Bridges, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and Sergey Mikaelyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Nia DaCosta ranks 138. Before her are Salah Abdeslam, Brenton Thwaites, Agnieszka Radwańska, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Emilio Nsue, and Gylfi Sigurðsson. After her are Jimmy Butler, Cam Newton, Aleix Espargaró, Teddy Riner, Albin Ekdal, and Hannah Murray.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nia DaCosta ranks 11,199 out of 20,380. Before her are Isabelle Fuhrman (1997), Dwight Frye (1899), Alexandra Silk (1963), Peter Masterson (1934), Ed Thigpen (1930), and Sam Lacey (1948). After her are Lee Tergesen (1965), Anne Henning (1955), Peter the Aleut (1800), Robert Wuhl (1951), Duvall Hecht (1930), and David Miller (1973).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Nia DaCosta ranks 431. Before her are Martha Coolidge (1946), Tom McGrath (1964), Jerry Adler (1929), Marc Webb (1974), Jimmy T. Murakami (1933), and Glen Keane (1954). After her are James Bridges (1936), Cary Joji Fukunaga (1977), Andy Tennant (1955), Scott Cooper (1970), Phil Alden Robinson (1950), and Oscar Micheaux (1884).

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