# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manuel-poirier
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:06:38.914Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manuel-poirier"
name: "Manuel Poirier"
slug: "manuel-poirier"
description: "Manuel Poirier is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed 15 films since 1984. His film Western won the Jury Prize at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival."
tagline: "French film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manuel_Poirier_2023.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1954-11-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.7
  momentum:             1.666666666666667
  historical:           7.676566666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0688544/"
    handle:    "nm0688544"
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Poirier"
    title: "Manuel Poirier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "مانويل پويرير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Poirier"
    title: "Manuel Poirier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Poirier"
    title: "Manuel Poirier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Poirier"
    title: "Manuel Poirier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Poirier"
    title: "Manuel Poirier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Poirier"
    title: "Manuel Poirier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Poirier"
    title: "Manuel Poirier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3286912"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40263"
    title: "Manuel Poirier"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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