# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-d-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:52:44.613Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-d-williams"
name: "Frank D. Williams"
slug: "frank-d-williams"
description: "Frank D. Williams was a pioneering cinematographer who was active in the early days of the motion picture industry. He developed and patented the traveling matte shot."
tagline: "American cinematographer (1893-1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Isle_of_Destiny_(1920)_-_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1893-03-21"
deathDate: "1961-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.91
  momentum:             11.05263157894737
  historical:           6.136609333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930596/"
    handle:    "nm0930596"
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    title: "Frank D. Williams"
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    title: "فرانك دي وليامز"
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    title: "فرانك دى وليامز"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_D._Williams_(cinematographer)"
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    title: "فرانک دی ویلیامز"
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    title: "Frank D. Williams"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3082556"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Frank D. Williams"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump