# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luis-valdez
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:50:57.502Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luis-valdez"
name: "Luis Valdez"
slug: "luis-valdez"
description: "Luis Miguel Valdez is an American playwright, screenwriter, film director and actor. Regarded as the father of Chicano film and playwriting, Valdez is best known for his play Zoot Suit, his movie La Bamba, and his creation of El Teatro Campesino. A pioneer in the Chicano Movement, Valdez broadened the scope of theatre and arts of the Chicano community."
tagline: "American writer and director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luis_Valdez_at_the_premiere_of_American_Pachuco_The_Legend_of_Luis_Valdez_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1940-06-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.522688
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0883609/"
    handle:    "nm0883609"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Luis Valdez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Valdez_(director_de_cine)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Luis Valdez"
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    title: "Luis Valdez"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Luis Valdez"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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