# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alek-keshishian
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:23:49.541Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alek-keshishian"
name: "Alek Keshishian"
slug: "alek-keshishian"
description: "Alek Keshishian is an Armenian-American film and commercial director, writer, producer and music video director. His 1991 documentary, Madonna: Truth or Dare was the highest-grossing documentary of all time until 2002; it \"changed the way filmmakers explored the world of celebrity\" and had a \"profound impact on LGBTQ representation in film\"."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alek_Keshishian_2022.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: "1964-07-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.71
  momentum:             0.2601156069364162
  historical:           10.78758533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0450194/"
    handle:    "nm0450194"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.alekkeshishian.com/"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "آلک کشیشیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "اليك كيشيشيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Keshishian"
    title: "Alek Keshishian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Keshishian"
    title: "Alek Keshishian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Keshishian"
    title: "Alek Keshishian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Keshishian"
    title: "Alek Keshishian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%AC%D5%A5%D6%84_%D5%94%D5%A5%D5%B7%D5%AB%D5%B7%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Ալեք Քեշիշյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Keshishian"
    title: "Alek Keshishian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%88%D1%8F%D0%BD%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Кешишян, Алек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alek_Keshishian"
    title: "Alek Keshishian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "الیک کیشیشین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2832478"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50949"
    title: "Alek Keshishian"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump