# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-lord
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:45:01.795Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-lord"
name: "James Lord"
slug: "james-lord"
description: "James Lord was an American writer. He was the author of several books, including critically acclaimed biographies of Alberto Giacometti and Pablo Picasso. He appeared in the documentary films Balthus Through the Looking Glass (1996) and Picasso: Magic, Sex, Death (2001). Lord is also noted for being the subject of one of Giacometti's last portraits, an experience he documented in his 1965 memoir."
tagline: "American biographer (1922-2009)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-11-27"
deathDate: "2009-08-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.03
  momentum:             5.779422632523548
  historical:           7.223472
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0520438/"
    handle:    "nm0520438"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lord"
    title: "James Lord"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "جيمس لورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "جيمس لورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lord"
    title: "James Lord"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lord_(author)"
    title: "James Lord (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lord_(escritor)"
    title: "James Lord (escritor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lord"
    title: "James Lord"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1680720"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2411953"
    title: "James Lord"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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