# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/klaus-emmerich
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:24:30.451Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/klaus-emmerich"
name: "Klaus Emmerich"
slug: "klaus-emmerich"
description: "Klaus Emmerich was a German film director and screenwriter. His 1979 film The First Polka was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival, and his 1981 film Trokadero was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. He died on 27 May 2026, at the age of 82."
tagline: "German film director and screenwriter"
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: "1943-08-10"
deathDate: "2026-05-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.3
  momentum:             10
  historical:           9.640381333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 237
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256495/"
    handle:    "nm0256495"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4203424"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "كلاوس اميريتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Emmerich_(Regisseur)"
    title: "Klaus Emmerich (Regisseur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Emmerich_(director)"
    title: "Klaus Emmerich (director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Emmerich_(sutradara)"
    title: "Klaus Emmerich (sutradara)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Emmerich"
    title: "Klaus Emmerich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Emmerich"
    title: "Klaus Emmerich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A4%D8%B3_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86_(%DA%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%B9%D8%B1)"
    title: "کلاؤس ایمریچ (ڈائریکٹر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Emmerich_(rejidan)"
    title: "Klaus Emmerich (rejidan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110850"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32951"
    title: "Klaus Emmerich"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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