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Lenny Abrahamson

1966 - Today

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Leonard Ian Abrahamson (born 30 November 1966) is an Irish film and television director. He is best known for directing independent films Adam & Paul (2004), Garage (2007), What Richard Did (2012), Frank (2014), and Room (2015), all of which contributed to Abrahamson's six Irish Film and Television Awards. In 2015, he received widespread recognition for directing Room, based on the novel of the same name by Emma Donoghue. The film received four nominations at the 88th Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Abrahamson. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Lenny Abrahamson is the 1,696th most popular film director (down from 1,643rd in 2024), the 375th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 355th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Irish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lenny Abrahamson ranks 1,696 out of 2,041. Before him are Gary Rydstrom, Mahiro Maeda, Morgan Spurlock, Jeff Nathanson, Robert Riskin, and Jason Reitman. After him are William Beaudine, James Frawley, Jeffrey Lieber, Nimród Antal, Axel Braun, and Rupert Sanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Lenny Abrahamson ranks 517. Before him are Kathrin Neimke, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Fehaid Al-Deehani, Valery Asapov, Olena Demyanenko, and Srđan Aleksić. After him are Michael Park, Andy Richter, Albert Pahimi Padacké, Yelena Nikolayeva, Axel Braun, and Bernd Dreher.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Lenny Abrahamson ranks 375 out of 549. Before him are Henry John Stephen Smith (1826), Edward Barrett (1877), Seán Mac Diarmada (1883), James Mason (1849), Anne Enright (1962), and Leo Varadkar (1979). After him are Orla Brady (1961), Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848), Colin O'Donoghue (1981), T. P. McKenna (1929), Sharon Corr (1970), and Robert Sheehan (1988).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ireland

Among film directors born in Ireland, Lenny Abrahamson ranks 7. Before him are Neil Jordan (1950), Jim Sheridan (1949), Herbert Brenon (1880), Steve Barron (1956), Rex Ingram (1892), and William Desmond Taylor (1872). After him are John Moore (1970), and John Carney (1972).

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