# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-vilsmaier
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:50:28.710Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-vilsmaier"
name: "Joseph Vilsmaier"
slug: "joseph-vilsmaier"
description: "Joseph Vilsmaier was a German film director who began his career as a technician and cameraman. He is internationally known for films such as Comedian Harmonists."
tagline: "German film director (1939–2020)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1939-01-24"
deathDate: "2020-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.81
  momentum:             1.002898550724638
  historical:           17.66998933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005917/"
    handle:    "nm0005917"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Joseph Vilsmaier"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Vilsmaier"
    title: "Joseph Vilsmaier"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Vilsmaier"
    title: "Joseph Vilsmaier"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Vilsmaier"
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    title: "Joseph Vilsmaier"
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    title: "Joseph Vilsmaier"
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    title: "Joseph Vilsmaier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Vilsmaier"
    title: "Joseph Vilsmaier"
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    title: "Joseph Vilsmaier"
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  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Vilsmaier"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump