# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-winterbottom
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:40:21.116Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-winterbottom"
name: "Michael Winterbottom"
slug: "michael-winterbottom"
description: "Michael Winterbottom is an English film director. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his films—Welcome to Sarajevo, Wonderland and 24 Hour Party People—have competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He and co-director Mat Whitecross won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival for their work on The Road to Guantanamo."
tagline: "British film director (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Winterbottom_2013.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: "1961-03-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.867912
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935863/"
    handle:    "nm0935863"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "مايكل وينتربوتوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "مايكل وينتربوتوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%AE"
    title: "माइकल विंटरबॉटम"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AE"
    title: "মাইকেল উইন্টারবটম"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85"
    title: "مایکل وینترباتم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%9C_%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%95%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9D"
    title: "מייקל ווינטרבוטום"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9C%E3%83%88%E3%83%A0"
    title: "マイケル・ウィンターボトム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%B4_%EC%9C%88%ED%84%B0%EB%B3%B4%ED%85%80"
    title: "마이클 윈터보텀"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom"
    title: "Michael Winterbottom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380237"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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