# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janos-zsombolyai
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:25:51.320Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janos-zsombolyai"
name: "János Zsombolyai"
slug: "janos-zsombolyai"
description: "János Zsombolyai was a Hungarian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter. His 1989 film Sentenced to Death was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. His films A Kenguru (1975) and Vámmentes házasság (1980) enjoy cult film status in Hungary."
tagline: "Hungarian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harmadik_nekifut%C3%A1s_forgat%C3%A1sa_(1973).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1939-01-30"
deathDate: "2015-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.82
  momentum:             3.4375
  historical:           11.403096
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958183/"
    handle:    "nm0958183"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چانوس زسومبولياى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Zsombolyai"
    title: "János Zsombolyai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Zsombolyai"
    title: "János Zsombolyai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Zsombolyai"
    title: "János Zsombolyai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Zsombolyai"
    title: "János Zsombolyai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zsombolyai_J%C3%A1nos"
    title: "Zsombolyai János"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Zsombolyai"
    title: "János Zsombolyai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Zsombolyai"
    title: "János Zsombolyai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Zsombolyai"
    title: "János Zsombolyai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Zsombolyai"
    title: "János Zsombolyai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Zsombolyai"
    title: "János Zsombolyai"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B8%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/577738"
    title: "János Zsombolyai"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump