# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-patterson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:52:02.561Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-patterson"
name: "John Patterson"
slug: "john-patterson"
description: "John Tiffin Patterson was a television director known for his work on drama series, who also made television films. He directed thirteen episodes of The Sopranos, including the first five season finales. Patterson was born in Buffalo, New York."
tagline: "American television and film director (1940-2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Tiffin_Patterson.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1940-05-04"
deathDate: "2005-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.41120666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666274/"
    handle:    "nm0666274"
sources:
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    title: "John Patterson (yönetmen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC)"
    title: "جون باترسون (مخرج)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون باترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Patterson_(Regisseur)"
    title: "John Patterson (Regisseur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Patterson_(director)"
    title: "John Patterson (director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tiffin_Patterson"
    title: "John Tiffin Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%BE%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "جان پترسون (کارگردان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tiffin_Patterson"
    title: "John Tiffin Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ջոն Պատտերսոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tiffin_Patterson"
    title: "John Tiffin Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Паттерсон, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1794153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104019"
    title: "John Patterson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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