# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-merendino
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:16:02.825Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-merendino"
name: "James Merendino"
slug: "james-merendino"
description: "James Anthony Merendino is an American film director and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the dramedy film SLC Punk!."
tagline: "Film director, screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Merendino.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: "1969-01-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.28
  momentum:             3.589743589743591
  historical:           7.721926666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580669/"
    handle:    "nm0580669"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "جیمز میرینڈینو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "چيمس ميريندينو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%95%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%85%DB%8E%D8%B1%DB%8E%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%86"
    title: "جەیمز مێرێندینۆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Merendino"
    title: "James Merendino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Merendino"
    title: "James Merendino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "جیمز مرندینو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Merendino"
    title: "James Merendino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Merendino"
    title: "James Merendino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1680815"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33156"
    title: "James Merendino"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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