# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-j-balshofer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:59:35.063Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-j-balshofer"
name: "Fred J. Balshofer"
slug: "fred-j-balshofer"
description: "Fred J. Balshofer was a pioneering silent film director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer in the United States."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fred_J_Balshofer.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1877-11-02"
deathDate: "1969-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.271454666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051140/"
    handle:    "nm0051140"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_J._Balshofer"
    title: "Fred J. Balshofer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87._%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "فريد جيه. بالشوفير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_J._Balshofer"
    title: "Fred J. Balshofer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_J._Balshofer"
    title: "Fred J. Balshofer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%88_%D8%AC%DB%92_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "فریڈ جے بالشوفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3086859"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1289479"
    title: "Fred J. Balshofer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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