# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-appelhans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:41:14.875Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-appelhans"
name: "Chris Appelhans"
slug: "chris-appelhans"
description: "Christopher Appelhans is an American filmmaker, illustrator, and designer. He is best known as the writer and director of Wish Dragon (2021) and KPop Demon Hunters (2025), which he co-directed and wrote with Maggie Kang. The latter earned them two Annie Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award."
tagline: "American filmmaker and illustrator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Appelhans_-_Kpop_Demon_Hunters.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1980"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.29
  momentum:             0.4651917563693407
  historical:           10.496492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/dairysnake"
    handle:    "dairysnake"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2282774/"
    handle:    "nm2282774"
sources:
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    title: "克里斯·艾伯翰斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Appelhans"
    title: "Chris Appelhans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Appelhans"
    title: "Chris Appelhans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "کریس اپلهانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Appelhans"
    title: "Chris Appelhans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Appelhans"
    title: "Chris Appelhans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%AC%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4_%EC%95%84%ED%8E%A0%ED%95%9C%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "크리스 아펠한스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Appelhans"
    title: "Chris Appelhans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Аппельханс, Крис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%BE%D9%84_%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "کرس ایپل ہینس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28978215"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1453550"
    title: "Chris Appelhans"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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