# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-foley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:54:10.021Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-foley"
name: "Jack Foley"
slug: "jack-foley"
description: "Jack Donovan Foley was an American sound effects artist who was the developer of many sound effect techniques used in filmmaking. He is credited with developing a unique method for performing sound effects live and in synchrony with the picture during a film's post-production. Accordingly, individuals engaged in this trade are called \"Foley artists\"."
tagline: "American sound effects developer"
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: "1891-04-12"
deathDate: "1967-11-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.260552
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284148/"
    handle:    "nm0284148"
sources:
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    title: "Jack Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جاك فولي (منتج أفلام)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جاك فولى (منتج افلام من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Foley"
    title: "Jack Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Foley"
    title: "Jack Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Foley_(sound_effects_artist)"
    title: "Jack Foley (sound effects artist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Foley_(artista_de_efectos_de_sonido)"
    title: "Jack Foley (artista de efectos de sonido)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DA%A9_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "جک فولی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Foley"
    title: "Jack Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Foley_(rumorista)"
    title: "Jack Foley (rumorista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC_(%E5%8A%B9%E6%9E%9C%E9%9F%B3%E8%A3%BD%E4%BD%9C%E8%80%85)"
    title: "ジャック・フォーリー (効果音製作者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Foley"
    title: "Jack Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Foley"
    title: "Jack Foley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1677036"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2878283"
    title: "Jack Foley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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