# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-burrows
# Generated: 2026-08-31T11:50:29.417Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-burrows"
name: "James Burrows"
slug: "james-burrows"
description: "James Edward Burrows was an American television director. He received numerous accolades, including 11 Primetime Emmy Awards and five Directors Guild of America Awards. He was honored with the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 and the NBC special Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows in 2016."
tagline: "American television director (1940–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abe_and_James_Burrows_(1970)_(cropped).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: "1940-12-30"
deathDate: "2026-06-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           66.61
  momentum:             25
  historical:           31.49736266666667
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 132
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123273/"
    handle:    "nm0123273"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Burrows"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Burrows"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "詹姆斯·伯罗斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیمز بروز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/157437"
    title: "James Burrows"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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