# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/king-vidor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:58:57.820Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/king-vidor"
name: "King Vidor"
slug: "king-vidor"
description: "King Wallis Vidor was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His 67-year career spanned the silent and sound eras, with works distinguished by a sympathetic depiction of contemporary social issues. Considered an auteur director, Vidor approached multiple genres and allowed the subject matter to determine the style, often pressing the limits of film-making conventions."
tagline: "American film director, film producer, and screenwriter (1894-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/King_Vidor_(1921).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1894-02-08"
deathDate: "1982-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.5751503006012
  historical:           22.60542666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0896542/"
    handle:    "nm0896542"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Քինգ Վիդոր"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51133"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "King Vidor"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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