# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-cuesta
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:43:57.295Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-cuesta"
name: "Michael Cuesta"
slug: "michael-cuesta"
description: "Michael Cuesta is an American film and television director, best known for his independent films, especially for having co-written and directed the 2001 film L.I.E. He has directed and produced television series including Six Feet Under, Dexter, Blue Bloods and Homeland."
tagline: "American film director (born 1963)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Cuesta_on_Sidewalks_Entertainment%2C_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1963-07-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.49162
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191147/"
    handle:    "nm0191147"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Cuesta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Cuesta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Cuesta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Մայքլ Կուեստա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "マイケル・クエスタ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Cuesta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Куэста, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مائیکل کیوسٹا۔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Michael Cuesta"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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