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 913,108 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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  • 54.85

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

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  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Richard Lesters by language

Over the past year Richard Lester has had the most page views in the with 100,285 views, followed by French (9,979), and Spanish (9,472). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (128.82%), Simple English (41.19%), and Hebrew (38.94%)

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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Filmography

Superman II
Director
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.
Dec 9o 19806.7 / 10
Superman III
Director
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.
Jun 17o 19835.5 / 10
A Hard Day's Night
Director
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.
Jul 7o 19647.4 / 10