# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karel-plicka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:25:10.752Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karel-plicka"
name: "Karel Plicka"
slug: "karel-plicka"
description: "Karel Plicka was a Czechoslovak photographer, film director, cinematographer, folklorist and pedagogue. He is considered a founder of Slovak film education and filmmaking. He helped establish the genre of ethnographic film in Czechoslovakia."
tagline: "Czech photographer and director (1894–1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karel_Plicka.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1894-10-14"
deathDate: "1987-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.14
  momentum:             3.75
  historical:           9.204752000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687300/"
    handle:    "nm0687300"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2283879"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "كاريل پليكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Plicka"
    title: "Karel Plicka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Plicka"
    title: "Karel Plicka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "کارل پلیتسکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Plicka"
    title: "Karel Plicka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Plicka"
    title: "Karel Plicka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol_Plicka"
    title: "Karol Plicka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Плицка, Карел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol_Plicka"
    title: "Karol Plicka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3108987"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1297994"
    title: "Karel Plicka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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