# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josef-skupa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:36:27.742Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josef-skupa"
name: "Josef Skupa"
slug: "josef-skupa"
description: "Josef Skupa was a Czech puppeteer. He also worked in the field of puppet theatre as a playwright, director and stage designer. He developed the most famous Czech puppets, Spejbl and Hurvínek, and founded the first Czech professional puppet theatre, the Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre. From 1933 to 1957, he was the president of the International Puppetry Association—UNIMA."
tagline: "Czech theatre director and manager and puppeteer (1892–1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Man%C5%BEel%C3%A9_Skupovi_p%C5%99i_p%C5%99edstaven%C3%AD.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1892-01-16"
deathDate: "1957-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.79
  momentum:             0.6081081081081082
  historical:           13.616956
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1813653/"
    handle:    "nm1813653"
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    title: "Josef Skupa"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump