# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gene-allen-q454120
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:02:49.869Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gene-allen-q454120"
name: "Gene Allen"
slug: "gene-allen-q454120"
description: "Eugene \"Gene\" Allen was an American art director. He followed his father and became a Los Angeles Police officer after he was laid off from his first job as a sketch artist. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, Allen went to art school to pursue his career. He won an Oscar in 1965 for Best Art Direction for My Fair Lady, and was nominated for A Star Is Born in 1955 and for Les Girls in 1958. He served as President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences from 1983 to 1985 and received a Special Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild in 1997. Allen died on October 7, 2015, at the age of 97."
tagline: "American art director (1918-2015)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1918-06-17"
deathDate: "2015-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.02
  momentum:             6.842064714946071
  historical:           12.87541466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0020537/"
    handle:    "nm0020537"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جين الين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Allen_(Szenenbildner)"
    title: "Gene Allen (Szenenbildner)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Allen_(art_director)"
    title: "Gene Allen (art director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Allen"
    title: "Gene Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Allen"
    title: "Gene Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Allen"
    title: "Gene Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Allen"
    title: "Gene Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Allen"
    title: "Gene Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジーン・アレン"
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    title: "Gene Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Allen"
    title: "Gene Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Allen"
    title: "Gene Allen"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454120"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30526"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump