# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gene-youngblood
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:17:44.259Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gene-youngblood"
name: "Gene Youngblood"
slug: "gene-youngblood"
description: "Gene Youngblood was an American theorist of media arts and politics, and a respected scholar in the history and theory of alternative cinemas. His best-known book, Expanded Cinema, was the first to consider video as an art form. He has been credited with helping to define and legitimate the fields of computer art and digital art."
tagline: "American media theorist (1942–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gene-10.31.2012.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1942-05-30"
deathDate: "2021-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.476962666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "جين يونجبلود"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Youngblood"
    title: "Gene Youngblood"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump