# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-watkiss
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:31:48.545Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-watkiss"
name: "John Watkiss"
slug: "john-watkiss"
description: "John Watkiss was a British artist, known for his painting and his work in comics and film production. His career led him from artist for graphic novels to storyboard artist and character designer. He is arguably best known for his visual development work on Tarzan."
tagline: "British comics artist (1961-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John-Watkiss_rkw4387.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1961-07-28"
deathDate: "2017-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.807776
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2497513/"
    handle:    "nm2497513"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnwatkissfineart.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2860157"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "جۆن واتکیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Watkiss"
    title: "John Watkiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Watkiss"
    title: "John Watkiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Уоткисс, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Watkiss"
    title: "John Watkiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Watkiss"
    title: "John Watkiss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6263200"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3656932"
    title: "John Watkiss"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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