# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josef-von-sternberg
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:38:40.283Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josef-von-sternberg"
name: "Josef von Sternberg"
slug: "josef-von-sternberg"
description: "Josef von Sternberg was an Austrian-American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era, during which he worked with most of the major Hollywood studios. He is best known for his film collaboration with actress Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s, including the highly regarded Paramount/UFA production The Blue Angel (1930). He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, for Morocco (1930) and Shanghai Express (1932)."
tagline: "Austrian-American film director (1894-1969)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1894-05-29"
deathDate: "1969-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump