# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-french
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:35:45.034Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-french"
name: "Jim French"
slug: "jim-french"
description: "Jim French was an American artist, illustrator, photographer, filmmaker, and publisher. He is best known for his association with Colt Studio, which he, using the pseudonym Rip Colt, created together with business partner Lou Thomas in late 1967. Thomas parted from the endeavor in 1974 leaving French to continue to build what would become one of the most successful gay male erotica companies in the U.S."
tagline: "American photographer (1932–2017)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Jim_French%2C_2004%2C_by_Adrian_Gottlieb.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1932-07-14"
deathDate: "2017-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.2
  momentum:             0.770712909441233
  historical:           7.040248
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1699923/"
    handle:    "nm1699923"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://jimfrench.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3766558"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "جيم فرينش (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%81)"
    title: "جيم فرينش (مؤلف)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_French"
    title: "Jim French"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_French_(photographer)"
    title: "Jim French (photographer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_French"
    title: "Jim French"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_French"
    title: "Jim French"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689099"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1888031"
    title: "Jim French"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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