# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-neilson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:24:19.626Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-neilson"
name: "James Neilson"
slug: "james-neilson"
description: "James William Neilson was an American television director, known for his stage and film direction as well as his work with Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color."
tagline: "American television director (1909–1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Neilson_1943_USMC.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: "1909-10-01"
deathDate: "1979-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.47
  momentum:             7.979569450157685
  historical:           10.08707866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624809/"
    handle:    "nm0624809"
sources:
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    title: "جیمز نیلسن (ہدایت کار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس نيلسون (مخرج)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس نيلسون (مخرج افلام)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Neilson"
    title: "James Neilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%95%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%DB%86%D9%86"
    title: "جەیمز نیلسۆن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Neilson"
    title: "James Neilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Neilson_(director)"
    title: "James Neilson (director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جیمز نیلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Neilson"
    title: "James Neilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Neilson"
    title: "James Neilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Neilson"
    title: "James Neilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1647147"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/116641"
    title: "James Neilson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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