# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barmak-akram
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:12:05.211Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barmak-akram"
name: "Barmak Akram"
slug: "barmak-akram"
description: "Barmak Akram,, is an Afghan filmmaker. Akram lives in Paris, where he studied fine arts. His first feature film, Kabuli Kid (2008), won several awards and has been shown at the Venice Film Festival. At the 65th Venice International Film Festival at the 23rd International Film Critics' Week and won EIUC Human Rights Film Award. Also, in the Simorghs of the East section - International Cinema Competition of 27th Fajr International Film Festival Barmak Akram received Best debut for his film Kabuli Kid. In 2013, he received the Best Screenplay award at the Sundance Film Festival for the film Wajma . He has also made experimental and documentary films, including an episode of Toutes Les Teles Du Monde (2009)."
tagline: "French film director"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1966"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.2
  momentum:             0.9
  historical:           7.470590666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015533/"
    handle:    "nm0015533"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%85%DA%A9_%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85"
    title: "برمک اکرم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "بارماك اكرام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barmak_Akram"
    title: "Barmak Akram"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barmak_Akram"
    title: "Barmak Akram"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barmak_Akram"
    title: "Barmak Akram"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%85%DA%A9_%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85"
    title: "برمک اکرم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barmak_Akram"
    title: "Barmak Akram"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barmak_Akram"
    title: "Barmak Akram"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17173496"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1073344"
    title: "Barmak Akram"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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