# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jamal-joseph
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:37:17.267Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jamal-joseph"
name: "Jamal Joseph"
slug: "jamal-joseph"
description: "Jamal Joseph is an American writer, director, producer, poet, activist, and educator. Joseph was a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. He was prosecuted as one of the Panther 21. He spent six years incarcerated at Leavenworth Penitentiary. In 1997, he became the executive artistic director of the New Heritage Theatre Group in Harlem and co-founded the IMPACT Repertory Theatre."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jamal_Joseph_02.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1953"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.161449333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430606/"
    handle:    "nm0430606"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/228398"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "جمال جوزيف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "جمال چوزيف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Joseph"
    title: "Jamal Joseph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Joseph"
    title: "Jamal Joseph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Joseph"
    title: "Jamal Joseph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Joseph"
    title: "Jamal Joseph"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81"
    title: "جمال جوزف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/059b1cca-5a79-4dfa-a80e-45435b409484"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6127568"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/239794"
    title: "Jamal Joseph"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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