# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johannes-schaaf
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:59:47.354Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johannes-schaaf"
name: "Johannes Schaaf"
slug: "johannes-schaaf"
description: "Johannes Schaaf was a German film, theatre and opera director and actor. Several of his films have been internationally recognized. His focus shifted to opera in the 1980s and he worked with many of the leading international opera houses within Europe, and was invited to direct at several renowned opera houses in the United States and Asia."
tagline: "German film and stage director (1933-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-P097042%2C_Verleihung_der_Berliner_Kunstpreise.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1933-04-07"
deathDate: "2019-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.65
  momentum:             2.010309278350515
  historical:           15.77527333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769421/"
    handle:    "nm0769421"
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    title: "جوهانس شاف"
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    title: "Johannes Schaaf"
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    title: "Johannes Schaaf"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Schaaf"
    title: "Johannes Schaaf"
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    title: "یوهانس شاف"
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    title: "Johannes Schaaf"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Schaaf"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Johannes Schaaf"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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