FILM DIRECTOR

Richard Lester

1932 - Today

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Richard Lester Liebman (born January 19, 1932) is a retired American film director based in the United Kingdom, famous for his comedic and campy style of shooting movies and for his work in both US and UK cinema. He is best known for directing the Beatles' films A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), and the superhero films Superman II (1980) and Superman III (1983). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Lester has received more than 992,023 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 30 in 2019). Richard Lester is the 474th most popular film director (up from 495th in 2019), the 3,019th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,180th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular American Film Director.

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  • 990k

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  • 61.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Richard Lester ranks 474 out of 2,041. Before him are Mauritz Stiller, Susanne Bier, Walter Frentz, Michael Radford, John Hughes, and Robert Rossen. After him are Moshé Mizrahi, Larisa Shepitko, Derek Jarman, André Hunebelle, John Badham, and Edward Zwick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Richard Lester ranks 170. Before him are Bill Foulkes, Karen Demirchyan, José Saraiva Martins, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, and Étienne Tshisekedi. After him are Oreco, Pál Csernai, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Inese Jaunzeme, Tiny Tim, and Predrag Matvejević.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Lester ranks 3,019 out of 20,380. Before him are Oliver Winchester (1810), Robert Rossen (1908), Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), Dylan McDermott (1961), Liev Schreiber (1967), and Robert Morris (1931). After him are Dana Delany (1956), Octavia Spencer (1972), William Powell (1892), John Paul Getty III (1956), The Miz (1980), and Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Richard Lester ranks 123. Before him are Nick Castle (1947), Delbert Mann (1920), John Lasseter (1957), Tom Holland (1943), John Hughes (1950), and Robert Rossen (1908). After him are Edward Zwick (1952), Jim Abrahams (1944), John Waters (1946), Curtis Hanson (1945), Richard Thorpe (1896), and Abel Ferrara (1951).

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