# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/grant-mccune
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:23:56.334Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/grant-mccune"
name: "Grant McCune"
slug: "grant-mccune"
description: "Grant McCune was an American special effects designer whose entry into Hollywood was the uncredited creation of the great white shark in the 1975 film Jaws. His efforts there led to work on a series of major films, including his design of the robots in the Star Wars films, winning an Oscar in 1977 for his efforts in the first film in the series."
tagline: "American special effects director (1943-2010)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1943-03-27"
deathDate: "2010-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.06
  momentum:             0.09174311926605505
  historical:           9.60792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0567263/"
    handle:    "nm0567263"
sources:
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    title: "Маккьюн, Грант"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "غرانت ماكيون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جرانت ماكيون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_McCune"
    title: "Grant McCune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_McCune"
    title: "Grant McCune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_McCune"
    title: "Grant McCune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_McCune"
    title: "Grant McCune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_McCune"
    title: "Grant McCune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "グラント・マキューン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_McCune"
    title: "Grant McCune"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1543195"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6259469"
    title: "Grant McCune"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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