FILM DIRECTOR

Roya Sadat

1983 - Today

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Roya Sadat (Dari: رؤیا سادات; born 1983) is an Afghan film producer and director. She was the first woman director in the history of Afghan cinema in the post-Taliban era, and ventured into making feature films and documentaries on the theme of injustice and restrictions imposed on women. Following the fall of the Taliban regime in the country, she made her debut feature film Three Dots. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roya Sadat has received more than 34,854 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Roya Sadat is the 1,976th most popular film director (down from 1,760th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 138th in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Film Director.

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  • 35k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Roya Sadat ranks 1,976 out of 2,041. Before her are Jon M. Chu, Joseph Kahn, Rob Letterman, Anurag Kashyap, Ashutosh Gowariker, and Reginald Hudlin. After her are Volodymyr Tykhyi, Mark Neveldine, S. J. Suryah, Nina Kusturica, Dion Beebe, and Will Gluck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Roya Sadat ranks 806. Before her are Drago Vuković, Badou Jack, Otylia Jędrzejczak, Jason Cunliffe, Danny Granger, and Maximiliano Richeze. After her are Sarah Wright, Xavier Chen, Martin Shkreli, Evan Taubenfeld, Somen Tchoyi, and Hitomi Kanehara.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Roya Sadat ranks 160 out of 177. Before her are Zakia Zaki (1962), Nadia Ghulam (1985), Sonita Alizadeh (1996), Aqeela Asifi (1966), Zohib Islam Amiri (1990), and Fawzia Koofi (1975). After her are Zarifa Ghafari (1992), Balal Arezou (1988), Aziza Siddiqui (1983), Niloofar Rahmani (1992), Faysal Shayesteh (1991), and Jamila Afghani (1976).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Afghanistan

Among film directors born in Afghanistan, Roya Sadat ranks 1. 

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