# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-brandenburg
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:24:23.782Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-brandenburg"
name: "Jim Brandenburg"
slug: "jim-brandenburg"
description: "Jim Brandenburg was an American environmentalist and nature photographer and filmmaker based near Ely, Minnesota. His career included over 10 years as a newspaper photojournalist, over 30 years as a contract photographer for the National Geographic Society, and commissions from such groups as the United States Postal Service, NHK, and the BBC."
tagline: "American photographer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1945-11-23"
deathDate: "2025-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.9
  momentum:             12.67605633802817
  historical:           6.412996
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2391023/"
    handle:    "nm2391023"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2289449"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%BA"
    title: "جيم براندنبيرغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC"
    title: "جيم براندنبيرج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brandenburg_(fotograf)"
    title: "Jim Brandenburg (fotograf)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brandenburg_(photographer)"
    title: "Jim Brandenburg (photographer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brandenburg_(onye_na-ese_foto)"
    title: "Jim Brandenburg (onye na-ese foto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brandenburg"
    title: "Jim Brandenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6193804"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1619259"
    title: "Jim Brandenburg"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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