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Directors on the way up — steady, sustained gains in attention rather than a single viral spike. Today's underrated, tomorrow's headline.

DirectorsGaining attentionUpdated dailyHow fame is measured

#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#4	—	Andy Warhol	United States	Directors	88.8	16.2
#5	—	Steven Spielberg	United States	Directors	88.1	48.8
#11	—	Kevin James	United States	Directors	82.5	5.5
#14	—	Sergei Eisenstein	—	Directors	80.7	17.9
#15	—	Marjane Satrapi	France	Directors	80.6	10.0
#16	—	Clint Eastwood	United States	Directors	80.5	35.0
#21	1	Bob Saget	United States	Directors	79.8	20.2
#24	1	Sergio Pérez	Mexico	Directors	79.4	8.0
#27	1	Morgan Freeman	United States	Directors	78.1	30.0
#29	1	Freddie Wong	United States	Directors	77.6	22.3
#46	3	Jean-Paul Belmondo	France	Directors	72.5	26.7
#51	3	Venkat Prabhu	India	Directors	71.3	6.2
#57	4	Spike Lee	United States	Directors	70.8	25.0
#61	4	Antonio Banderas	Spain	Directors	70.1	4.7
#63	4	Ridley Scott	United Kingdom	Directors	69.5	16.8
#64	4	Renzo Arbore	Italy	Directors	69.4	31.1
#71	5	Jemaine Clement	New Zealand	Directors	68.3	35.4
#73	5	Chloé Zhao	China	Directors	68.0	5.6
#77	5	Sergio Leone	Italy	Directors	67.5	10.3
#78	5	Harvey Weinstein	United States	Directors	67.4	7.0
#79	5	Andrey Zvyagintsev	—	Directors	67.3	10.7
#85	5	Benedict Cumberbatch	United Kingdom	Directors	66.8	3.9
#96	7	Wim Wenders	Germany	Directors	65.5	27.6
#99	7	Paul Rudd	United States	Directors	65.4	6.6
#108	7	Emir Kusturica	—	Directors	64.5	6.4
#109	7	Michelangelo Antonioni	Italy	Directors	64.5	17.4
#110	7	Bob Fosse	United States	Directors	64.4	11.4
#113	7	Takeshi Kitano	Japan	Directors	64.1	5.6
#115	new	David Koepp	United States	Directors	63.9	25.0
#117	8	Jenna Jameson	United States	Directors	63.6	4.5
#119	9	Tony Goldwyn	United States	Directors	63.6	15.0
#127	9	Wade Robson	Australia	Directors	63.2	10.3
#135	9	Tony Scott	United Kingdom	Directors	62.8	4.5
#136	9	Ari Aster	United States	Directors	62.8	4.7
#138	9	Amy Irving	United States	Directors	62.7	18.7
#141	9	Margarethe von Trotta	Germany	Directors	62.6	10.0
#144	9	Spike Jonze	United States	Directors	62.5	6.0
#146	9	Jean Renoir	France	Directors	62.4	13.8
#150	10	Andrei Konchalovsky	—	Directors	62.2	15.0
#153	12	David Geffen	United States	Directors	62.2	15.0
#158	12	Kiyoshi Kurosawa	Japan	Directors	62.1	10.6
#159	12	John Lasseter	United States	Directors	62.0	14.8
#170	13	Wolfgang Petersen	Germany	Directors	61.5	5.0
#172	14	Jeff Garlin	United States	Directors	61.5	14.1
#174	15	Romain Gary	France	Directors	61.4	6.6
#177	15	Justine Triet	France	Directors	61.3	10.0
#180	15	Cecilia Gessa	Spain	Directors	61.2	5.5
#184	15	Jean Yanne	France	Directors	61.1	10.0
#186	15	George Miller	Australia	Directors	61.0	6.1
#193	16	Jason Gould	United States	Directors	60.9	20.4
#196	8	Edwige Fenech	France	Directors	60.7	17.3