# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-erman
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:53:05.667Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-erman"
name: "John Erman"
slug: "john-erman"
description: "John Erman was an American television director, producer, and actor. He was nominated for ten Primetime Emmy Awards, winning once for the film Who Will Love My Children? (1983). He also won two Directors Guild of America Awards for the miniseries Roots (1977) and the film An Early Frost (1985)."
tagline: "American television and film director, actor and producer (1935-2021)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/John_Erman.jpg/330px-John_Erman.jpg"
gender: "male"
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: "1935-08-03"
deathDate: "2021-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.22
  momentum:             1.040268456375839
  historical:           9.890354666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259589/"
    handle:    "nm0259589"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "جان ارمین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جون إيرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جون ايرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%95%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Джон Ерман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%D9%86_%D8%A6%DB%8E%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جۆن ئێرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Erman"
    title: "John Erman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Erman"
    title: "John Erman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "جان ارمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Erman"
    title: "John Erman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Erman"
    title: "John Erman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Эрман, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181443"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150181"
    title: "John Erman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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