1932 - Today
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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Among film directors, Richard Lester ranks 496 out of 1,581. Before 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.
1929 - 1988
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 490
1930 - 1992
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 491
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 492
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 493
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 494
1907 - 2004
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 495
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 496
1893 - 1963
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 497
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 498
1923 - 2016
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 499
1922 - 2001
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 500
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 501
1914 - 1990
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 502
Among people born in 1932, Richard Lester ranks 166. Before 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.
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 160
1932 - 2019
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 161
1932 - 2011
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 162
1932 - 2002
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 163
1932 - 2015
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 164
1932 - 2021
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 165
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 166
1932 - 2017
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 167
1932 - 2008
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 168
1932 - 2017
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 169
1932 - 2017
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 170
1932 - 1999
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 171
1932 - 2008
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 172
Among people born in United States, Richard Lester ranks 3,188 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1898 - 1976
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 3,182
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 3,183
1851 - 1921
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 3,184
1891 - 1963
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 3,185
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 3,186
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 3,187
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 3,188
1906 - 1977
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 3,189
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 3,190
1937 - 2004
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 3,191
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 3,192
1926 - 2017
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 3,193
1960 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 3,194
Among film directors born in United States, Richard Lester ranks 128. Before 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).
1890 - 1987
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 122
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 123
1950 - 2009
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 124
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 125
1929 - 1988
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 126
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 127
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 128
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 129
1914 - 1990
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 130
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 131
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 132
1970 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 133
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 134