# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-ball
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:54:59.081Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-ball"
name: "Derek Ball"
slug: "derek-ball"
description: "Derek Ball was a British sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the film Star Wars. He worked on 40 films between 1968 and 1987."
tagline: "Sound engineer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1930"
deathDate: "1989-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.42
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.404068000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0050362/"
    handle:    "nm0050362"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%B7%E9%87%8C%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E9%B2%8D%E5%B0%94"
    title: "德里克·鲍尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ديريك بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Ball"
    title: "Derek Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Ball"
    title: "Derek Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Ball"
    title: "Derek Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Ball"
    title: "Derek Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Болл, Дерек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5261791"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1513636"
    title: "Derek Ball"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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