# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-a-ball
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:30:22.287Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-a-ball"
name: "Joseph A. Ball"
slug: "joseph-a-ball"
description: "Joseph Arthur Ball was an American inventor, physicist, and executive at Technicolor. He was the technical director of the first color movie, and one of only three founding technicians of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He was awarded an Academy Honorary Award at the 11th Academy Awards for his contributions to color film photography. He held many patents in color photography and was credited with creating the three-component process."
tagline: "American inventor (1894-1951)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1894-08-16"
deathDate: "1951-08-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.56
  momentum:             3.052631578947368
  historical:           7.204464
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0050341/"
    handle:    "nm0050341"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Arthur_Ball"
    title: "Joseph Arthur Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Ball"
    title: "Joseph A. Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A3._%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_(%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A)"
    title: "جوزيف أ. بال (مصور سينمائي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A7._%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "چوزيف ا. بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Джоузеф Бол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ball"
    title: "Arthur Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Ball_(inventor)"
    title: "Joseph A. Ball (inventor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Ball"
    title: "Joseph A. Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708552"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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