# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-merzbach
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:24:57.774Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-merzbach"
name: "Paul Merzbach"
slug: "paul-merzbach"
description: "Paul Merzbach was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. Merzbach worked in the Austrian and Germany film industries during the early stages of his career. He worked initially on scripts, but in 1924 he directed his first film. During the late 1920s, Merzbach worked in Sweden before returning to Germany."
tagline: "Austrian, theatre & film director, dramaturge, film editor"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1888-11-27"
deathDate: "1943"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.37
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.468898666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581721/"
    handle:    "nm0581721"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AE"
    title: "پال مرزباخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "پول ميرزباتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merzbach"
    title: "Paul Merzbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merzbach"
    title: "Paul Merzbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merzbach"
    title: "Paul Merzbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merzbach"
    title: "Paul Merzbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merzbach"
    title: "Paul Merzbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merzbach"
    title: "Paul Merzbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88944"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/253297"
    title: "Paul Merzbach"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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