# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-verbong
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:02:04.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-verbong"
name: "Ben Verbong"
slug: "ben-verbong"
description: "Ben Verbong is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. He has directed 18 films since 1981. His debut film The Girl with the Red Hair was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival."
tagline: "Dutch film director and screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Verbong%2C_Bestanddeelnr_931-6825.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1949-07-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.349281333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0893676/"
    handle:    "nm0893676"
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Verbong"
    title: "Ben Verbong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "بين ڤيربونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Verbong"
    title: "Ben Verbong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Verbong"
    title: "Ben Verbong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Verbong"
    title: "Ben Verbong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Verbong"
    title: "Ben Verbong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816621"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66109"
    title: "Ben Verbong"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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