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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 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Richard Lester is the 496th most popular film director (down from 478th in 2019), the 3,188th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,065th in 2019) and the 128th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 53.46

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  • 30

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  • 3.87

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  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Richard Lester ranks 496 out of 1,581Before him are Hal Ashby, Néstor Almendros, David Byrne, Olivier Assayas, Adam McKay, and Walter Frentz. After him are Ernst Marischka, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Arthur Hiller, Mauro Bolognini, Abel Ferrara, and Martin Ritt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Richard Lester ranks 166Before him are Alexander Kluge, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Inese Jaunzeme, Dhirubhai Ambani, Chea Sim, and Henri Schwery. After him are Mustafa Tlass, Bronisław Geremek, Predrag Matvejević, Miloslav Vlk, Karen Demirchyan, and Boris Shakhlin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Lester ranks 3,188 out of 18,182Before him are Paul Robeson (1898), Dick Wolf (1946), Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851), Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), Shannon Lee (1969), and Leon Russom (1941). After him are Jim Thompson (1906), Gregg L. Semenza (1956), Joe Viterelli (1937), Anthony Edwards (1962), Richard Anderson (1926), and Michael Stipe (1960).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Richard Lester ranks 128Before him are Clarence Brown (1890), John Lasseter (1957), John Hughes (1950), John Waters (1946), Hal Ashby (1929), and Adam McKay (1968). After him are Abel Ferrara (1951), Martin Ritt (1914), Taylor Hackford (1944), Chuck Lorre (1952), Paul Thomas Anderson (1970), and Tom Holland (1943).

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