# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugo-van-lawick
# Generated: 2026-09-01T10:09:30.771Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugo-van-lawick"
name: "Hugo van Lawick"
slug: "hugo-van-lawick"
description: "Hugo Arndt Rodolf, Baron van Lawick was a Dutch wildlife filmmaker and photographer."
tagline: "Dutch film director (1937–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jes%C3%BAs_Moster%C3%ADn%2C_Hugo_van_Lawick_and_F%C3%A9lix_Rodr%C3%ADguez_de_la_Fuente_in_Africa_(1969).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1937-04-10"
deathDate: "2002-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.56
  momentum:             6.017582861762328
  historical:           8.637302666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887361/"
    handle:    "nm0887361"
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_van_Lawick"
    title: "Hugo van Lawick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%88_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "هوجو ڤان لاويك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_van_Lawick"
    title: "Hugo van Lawick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_van_Lawick"
    title: "Hugo van Lawick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_van_Lawick"
    title: "Hugo van Lawick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%92%D7%95_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7"
    title: "הוגו ואן לוויק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_van_Lawick"
    title: "Hugo van Lawick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_van_Lawick"
    title: "Hugo van Lawick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1281022"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/928583"
    title: "Hugo van Lawick"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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