# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-name
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:17:09.644Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-name"
name: "Billy Name"
slug: "billy-name"
description: "William George Linich, known professionally as Billy Name, was an American photographer, filmmaker, and lighting designer."
tagline: "American photographer, filmmaker and lighting designer (1940-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Name_(Greenman)_by_David_Shankbone.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1940-02-22"
deathDate: "2016-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.767034666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620637/"
    handle:    "nm0620637"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://billyname.net"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2525718"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "بيلى نام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Name"
    title: "Billy Name"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Name"
    title: "Billy Name"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Name"
    title: "Billy Name"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Name"
    title: "Billy Name"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%85"
    title: "بیلی نیم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Name"
    title: "Billy Name"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Name"
    title: "Billy Name"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Name"
    title: "Billy Name"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5f509056-f03f-447b-972e-69fbd346fc6d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707310"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1475891"
    title: "Billy Name"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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