# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-k-spoor
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:52:34.041Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-k-spoor"
name: "George K. Spoor"
slug: "george-k-spoor"
description: "George Kirke Spoor was an early film pioneer who, with Gilbert M. \"Broncho Billy\" Anderson, founded Essanay Studios in Chicago in 1907. He was a founding partner of V-L-S-E, Incorporated, a film distribution firm, in 1915."
tagline: "American film producer (1871-1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Kirke_Spoor_-_Mar_1919_MPW.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1871-12-18"
deathDate: "1953-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.36
  momentum:             0.199203187250996
  historical:           7.209216
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819420/"
    handle:    "nm0819420"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kirke_Spoor"
    title: "George Kirke Spoor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "چورچ كيرك سپور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_K._Spoor"
    title: "George K. Spoor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kirke_Spoor"
    title: "George Kirke Spoor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92'_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A7_%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8"
    title: "ג'ורג' קירק ספור"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kirke_Spoor"
    title: "George Kirke Spoor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_K._Spoor"
    title: "George K. Spoor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1507692"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2645161"
    title: "George K. Spoor"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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