# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bo-welch
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:28:50.033Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bo-welch"
name: "Bo Welch"
slug: "bo-welch"
description: "Robert W. \"Bo\" Welch III is an American production designer, art director, film and television director, and occasional actor. He is best known for his collaborations with filmmakers such as Tim Burton and Barry Sonnenfeld, and for directing The Cat in the Hat. During his career, Welch received a BAFTA Award as well as nominations for four Academy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2025, he was honored with Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award."
tagline: "American production designer, art director, film and television director and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bo_Welch-63924.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: "1951-11-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.320896
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919514/"
    handle:    "nm0919514"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bo_Welch"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B4"
    title: "بو ويلش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B4"
    title: "بو ويلش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Welch"
    title: "Bo Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Welch"
    title: "Bo Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%88%D9%84%DA%86"
    title: "بو ولچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Welch"
    title: "Bo Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Welch"
    title: "Bo Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Welch"
    title: "Bo Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Welch"
    title: "Bo Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Welch"
    title: "Bo Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Welch"
    title: "Bo Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DA%86"
    title: "بو ویلچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484864"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5133"
    title: "Bo Welch"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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