# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karyn-kusama
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:12:11.922Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karyn-kusama"
name: "Karyn Kusama"
slug: "karyn-kusama"
description: "Karyn Kiyoko Kusama is an American filmmaker. She made her feature directorial debut with the sports drama film Girlfight (2000), for which she won Best Director and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karyn_Kusama_-_Jennifer's_Body.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1968-03-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.94362533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0476201/"
    handle:    "nm0476201"
sources:
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    title: "کیرین کسامہ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارين كوساما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارين كوساما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karyn Kusama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyn_Kusama"
    title: "Karyn Kusama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyn_Kusama"
    title: "Karyn Kusama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyn_Kusama"
    title: "Karyn Kusama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyn_Kusama"
    title: "Karyn Kusama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کارین کوساما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karyn Kusama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyn_Kusama"
    title: "Karyn Kusama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyn_Kusama"
    title: "Karyn Kusama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9E"
    title: "カリン・クサマ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EB%A6%B0_%EC%BF%A0%EC%82%AC%EB%A7%88"
    title: "카린 쿠사마"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyn_Kusama"
    title: "Karyn Kusama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyn_Kusama"
    title: "Karyn Kusama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karyn_Kusama"
    title: "Karyn Kusama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кусама, Карин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467484"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54025"
    title: "Karyn Kusama"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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