# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-bentele
# Generated: 2026-08-20T19:43:39.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-bentele"
name: "Michael Bentele"
slug: "michael-bentele"
tagline: "German director and musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cajun_Roosters_KULT_03.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1956-05-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.69
  momentum:             2.666666666666667
  historical:           2.872138666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  73
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072733/"
    handle:    "nm0072733"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bentele"
    title: "Michael Bentele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bentele"
    title: "Michael Bentele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18816444"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5368526"
    title: "Michael Bentele"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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