# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-anderson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:08:01.625Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-anderson"
name: "Michael Anderson"
slug: "michael-anderson"
description: "Michael Joseph Anderson Sr was an English film and television director. His career spanned nearly 50 years across three countries, working at various times in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. His most critically and commercially successful works include the World War II film The Dam Busters (1955), the dystopian sci-fi film Logan's Run (1976), and the comedy adventure epic Around the World in 80 Days (1956), which won the 1957 Academy Award for Best Picture."
tagline: "English film director (1920–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike_Todd_Frank_Sinatra_Around_the_World_in_80_Days_1956.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1920-01-30"
deathDate: "2018-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.60358
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027183/"
    handle:    "nm0027183"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Anderson"
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    title: "Michael Anderson"
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    title: "Michael Anderson (filmrendező)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Anderson (sutradara)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Anderson (regista)"
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    title: "マイケル・アンダーソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "마이클 앤더슨 (영화 감독)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Anderson (Filmregisseur)"
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    title: "Michael Anderson"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2976109"
    title: "Michael Anderson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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