# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/merritt-b-gerstad
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:02:10.905Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/merritt-b-gerstad"
name: "Merritt B. Gerstad"
slug: "merritt-b-gerstad"
description: "Merritt Brindley Edward Gerstad was an American cinematographer of silent and early sound films."
tagline: "American cinematographer (1900–1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Merritt_B._Gerstad_(1900%E2%80%931974).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1900-07-05"
deathDate: "1974-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.138013333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005719/"
    handle:    "nm0005719"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt_B._Gerstad"
    title: "Merritt B. Gerstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%89._%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "ميريت بى. جيرستاد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt_B._Gerstad"
    title: "Merritt B. Gerstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%84_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84"
    title: "Μέριτ Γκέσταρντ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt_B._Gerstad"
    title: "Merritt B. Gerstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D8%A8%DB%8C._%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "مریت بی. گرستاد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3306609"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1498"
    title: "Merritt B. Gerstad"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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