# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-o-hoyt
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:23:22.257Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-o-hoyt"
name: "Harry O. Hoyt"
slug: "harry-o-hoyt"
description: "Harry O. Hoyt was an American screenwriter and film director whose film career began in 1912, during the silent era. He graduated with a degree in literature from Yale University in 1910. His 1925 film The Lost World, based on the book by Arthur Conan Doyle, is notable as a pioneering effort in the use of stop-motion animation. His brother, actor Arthur Hoyt, also appeared in The Lost World."
tagline: "American screenwriter, film director (1885-1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harry_O._Hoyt_(1925).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1885-08-06"
deathDate: "1961-07-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.64
  momentum:             0.6818181818181819
  historical:           8.074730666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398464/"
    handle:    "nm0398464"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88_%DB%81%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%B9"
    title: "ہیری او ہوئٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%88._%D9%87%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "هاري أو. هويت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88._%D9%87%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "هارى او. هويت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_O._Hoyt"
    title: "Harry O. Hoyt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_O._Hoyt"
    title: "Harry O. Hoyt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_O._Hoyt"
    title: "Harry O. Hoyt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_O._Hoyt"
    title: "Harry O. Hoyt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_O._Hoyt"
    title: "Harry O. Hoyt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D1%96_%D0%9E._%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%82"
    title: "Гаррі О. Гойт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1421677"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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