# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-william-thring
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:55:26.263Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-william-thring"
name: "Francis William Thring"
slug: "francis-william-thring"
description: "Francis William Thring III was an Australian film director, producer, and exhibitor. He has been credited with the invention of the clapperboard."
tagline: "Australian film director"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Stage_director%2C_Mr_Thring.jpg/330px-Stage_director%2C_Mr_Thring.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1883-12-02"
deathDate: "1936-07-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.21
  momentum:             12.77777777777778
  historical:           2.877502666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  73
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861929/"
    handle:    "nm0861929"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AB%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "فرانسيس ويليام ثرينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._W._Thring"
    title: "F. W. Thring"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%81_%DA%88%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "ایف ڈبلیو تھرنگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5424085"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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