# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-mcbride
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:29:06.580Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-mcbride"
name: "Joseph McBride"
slug: "joseph-mcbride"
description: "Joseph McBride is an American film historian, biographer, screenwriter, author and educator. He has written books on a variety of subjects including notable film directors, screenwriting, the JFK assassination, and a memoir of his youth."
tagline: "American film historian, biographer, screenwriter, author and educator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_McBride_writer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-08-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.18
  momentum:             2.057971014492754
  historical:           7.029952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564323/"
    handle:    "nm0564323"
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McBride_(scriitor)"
    title: "Joseph McBride (scriitor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "جوزيف ماكبرايد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "چوزيف ماكبرايد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McBride"
    title: "Joseph McBride"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McBride_(writer)"
    title: "Joseph McBride (writer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McBride"
    title: "Joseph McBride"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McBride"
    title: "Joseph McBride"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3185353"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1204324"
    title: "Joseph McBride"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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