# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norman-dawn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:14:46.976Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norman-dawn"
name: "Norman Dawn"
slug: "norman-dawn"
description: "Norman O. Dawn was an early American film director. He made several improvements on the matte shot to apply it to motion picture, and was the first director to use rear projection in film production."
tagline: "American film director (1884-1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Norman_Dawn_-_Mar_1922_EH.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: "1884-05-25"
deathDate: "1975-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.338373333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0206031/"
    handle:    "nm0206031"
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    title: "نارمن ڈان"
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    title: "نورمان داون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Dawn"
    title: "Norman Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Dawn"
    title: "Norman Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Dawn"
    title: "Norman Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Dawn"
    title: "Norman Dawn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Dawn"
    title: "Norman Dawn"
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    title: "Norman Dawn"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump