# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helen-van-dongen
# Generated: 2026-08-20T20:46:38.574Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helen-van-dongen"
name: "Helen van Dongen"
slug: "helen-van-dongen"
description: "Helen Victoria van Dongen was a pioneering editor of documentary films, who was active from about 1925–1950. She collaborated with filmmaker Joris Ivens from 1925 to 1940, made several independent documentaries, and edited two of Robert Flaherty's films before retiring from filmmaking in her 40s."
tagline: "Dutch film editor"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1909-01-05"
deathDate: "2006-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.735493333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232499/"
    handle:    "nm0232499"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%86"
    title: "هيلين فان دونجن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_van_Dongen"
    title: "Helen van Dongen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%84%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%86"
    title: "هلن وان دانگن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15451709"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1062568"
    title: "Helen van Dongen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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