# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurence-shanet
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:09:34.610Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurence-shanet"
name: "Laurence Shanet"
slug: "laurence-shanet"
description: "Laurence Paul Shanet is an American commercial director and film director, also known under his working moniker Kranky. He has also directed music videos, internet content and stage plays, and worked at various times as a writer and producer, in both the advertising and entertainment industries. His work has won the 2004 Young Director Award at the Cannes Lions International Festival, and is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art."
tagline: "American film director"
gender: "male"
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: "1966-10-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.03
  momentum:             5.191011235955055
  historical:           2.274052
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  56
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2151655/"
    handle:    "nm2151655"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Shanet"
    title: "Laurence Shanet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%B9"
    title: "لارنس شینیٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6500870"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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