# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erkki-karu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:54:52.264Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erkki-karu"
name: "Erkki Karu"
slug: "erkki-karu"
description: "Erkki Karu was a Finnish film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the pioneers of the Finnish cinema."
tagline: "Finnish filmmaker (1887–1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erkki_Karu.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1887-04-10"
deathDate: "1935-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.47
  momentum:             0.1
  historical:           9.203636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440261/"
    handle:    "nm0440261"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkki_Karu"
    title: "Erkki Karu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "اركى كارو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkki_Karu"
    title: "Erkki Karu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkki_Karu"
    title: "Erkki Karu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkki_Karu"
    title: "Erkki Karu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkki_Karu"
    title: "Erkki Karu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkki_Karu"
    title: "Erkki Karu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkki_Karu"
    title: "Erkki Karu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkki_Karu"
    title: "Erkki Karu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Кару, Эркки"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132398"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1288474"
    title: "Erkki Karu"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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