# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nelson-sullivan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:41:31.048Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nelson-sullivan"
name: "Nelson Sullivan"
slug: "nelson-sullivan"
description: "John Nelson Sullivan was an American videographer who chronicled life in Downtown Manhattan's arts and club scene from 1976 until his death. His hundreds of videos documented daily life in the city, nights out on the town and private moments with friends in the local entertainment community, including RuPaul, Keith Haring, Sylvia Miles, Larry Tee, Susanne Bartsch, Tom Rubnitz, Lady Bunny, Phoebe Legere, Michael Musto, Ethyl Eichelberger, John Sex, and Michael Alig."
tagline: "American videographer (1948–1989)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/Nelson_Sullivan_with_camera.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1948-03-15"
deathDate: "1989-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.95
  momentum:             3.464778081447532
  historical:           7.892926666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Sullivan"
    title: "Nelson Sullivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "نيلسون سوليفان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "نيلسون سوليفان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%AD%CE%BB%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%BD"
    title: "Νέλσον Σάλιβαν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Sullivan"
    title: "Nelson Sullivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Sullivan"
    title: "Nelson Sullivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Sullivan"
    title: "Nelson Sullivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Sullivan"
    title: "Nelson Sullivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Sullivan"
    title: "Nelson Sullivan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3337971"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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