# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-grierson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:07:06.883Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-grierson"
name: "John Grierson"
slug: "john-grierson"
description: "John Grierson was a Scottish filmmaker, film theorist, and critic, often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film. In 1926, Grierson coined the term \"documentary\" in a review of Robert J. Flaherty's Moana. In 1939, Grierson established the all-time Canadian film institutional production and distribution company The National Film Board of Canada controlled by the Government of Canada."
tagline: "Scottish documentary pioneer (1898–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jorge_Ruiz_-_John_Grierson_1955.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1898-04-26"
deathDate: "1972-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.041184
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0340961/"
    handle:    "nm0340961"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump