# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-a-krauss
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:30:12.924Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-a-krauss"
name: "Michael A. Krauss"
slug: "michael-a-krauss"
description: "Michael Arthur Krauss now retired, is the former husband of TV host Joan Lunden. He was a television segment producer and a radio interviewer. He was also a company president who headed numerous companies including Michael Krauss Productions and Group M Productions, the producer of \"Mother's Minutes\". He is a winner of the ACE Award in 1985 for his work as a creator and executive producer of Mother's Day. As a television segment producer, he helped to produce several shows including Good Morning America, The Mike Douglas Show, Mother's Day, Mother's Minutes, and Everyday With Joan Lunden. He is an experienced jazz and marching band drummer."
tagline: "American television producer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1939"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.73
  momentum:             19.82417582417582
  historical:           1.581897333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  44
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1914435/"
    handle:    "nm1914435"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_A._Krauss"
    title: "Michael A. Krauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6828071"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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