# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-lester
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:29:00.754Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-lester"
name: "Richard Lester"
slug: "richard-lester"
description: "Richard Lester Liebman is an American retired film director. He spent the majority of his professional life in the United Kingdom and is known for the fast-paced, flamboyant directing he brought to his comedy films, most notably the Beatles' vehicles A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), and The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965)."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Lester_Bologna_2014_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1932-01-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.515612
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0504513"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump