# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dev-benegal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:21:01.750Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dev-benegal"
name: "Dev Benegal"
slug: "dev-benegal"
description: "Dev Benegal is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter, most known for his debut film English, August (1994), which won the Best Feature Film in English at the 42nd National Film Awards."
tagline: "Indian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dev_Benegal_Tokyo_Intl_Filmfest_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1960-12-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.84788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070865/"
    handle:    "nm0070865"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Benegal"
    title: "Dev Benegal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ديڤ بينيجال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Benegal"
    title: "Dev Benegal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Benegal"
    title: "Dev Benegal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Benegal"
    title: "Dev Benegal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev_Benegal"
    title: "Dev Benegal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "دو بنگال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3025361"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/613697"
    title: "Dev Benegal"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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