# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-stephenson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:00:17.311Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-stephenson"
name: "Michael Stephenson"
slug: "michael-stephenson"
description: "Michael Stephenson, known professionally as Michael Paul Stephenson, is an American filmmaker and actor. He is known for directing the critically acclaimed documentaries Best Worst Movie and The American Scream. Stephenson made his narrative feature debut with Girlfriend’s Day, starring Bob Odenkirk. Stephenson's latest film, Attack of the Murder Hornets, is an original documentary that he directed and produced for Discovery+. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America."
tagline: "American actor and director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Paul_Stephenson.png?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: "1978-02-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.75
  momentum:             0.2124183006535948
  historical:           10.11166666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827294/"
    handle:    "nm0827294"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.michaelpstephenson.com"
sources:
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    title: "مائیکل سٹیفنسن (فلم ساز)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميخائيل ستيفنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85)"
    title: "مايكل ستيفنسون (مخرج افلام)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stephenson_(cineasta)"
    title: "Michael Stephenson (cineasta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%DA%B5_%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%DA%A4%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%86%D9%86"
    title: "مایکڵ ستیڤنسۆن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stephenson"
    title: "Michael Stephenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stephenson_(filmmaker)"
    title: "Michael Stephenson (filmmaker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "مایکل استیونسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stephenson"
    title: "Michael Stephenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stephenson"
    title: "Michael Stephenson"
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    title: "마이클 스티븐슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6834610"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124713"
    title: "Michael Stephenson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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