# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joan-micklin-silver
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:33:44.306Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joan-micklin-silver"
name: "Joan Micklin Silver"
slug: "joan-micklin-silver"
description: "Joan Micklin Silver was an American director of films and plays, screenwriter and playwright. Born in Omaha, Silver moved to New York City in 1967 where she began writing and directing films. She is best known for her debut film Hester Street (1975) and the romantic comedy Crossing Delancey (1988)."
tagline: "American film director (1935-2020)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/dLF3GSlCHT0PSnA7DaYU85Sl4VU.jpg"
gender: "female"
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: "1935-05-24"
deathDate: "2020-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.66
  momentum:             16.70676691729323
  historical:           9.722718666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798717/"
    handle:    "nm0798717"
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joan_Micklin_Silver"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "چوان ميكلين سيلڤير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Micklin_Silver"
    title: "Joan Micklin Silver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Micklin_Silver"
    title: "Joan Micklin Silver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Micklin_Silver"
    title: "Joan Micklin Silver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Micklin_Silver"
    title: "Joan Micklin Silver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Micklin_Silver"
    title: "Joan Micklin Silver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Micklin_Silver"
    title: "Joan Micklin Silver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Micklin_Silver"
    title: "Joan Micklin Silver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جون مکلن سلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joan_Micklin_Silver"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519772"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97646"
    title: "Joan Micklin Silver"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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