# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-rachman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:41:39.756Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-rachman"
name: "Paul Rachman"
slug: "paul-rachman"
description: "Paul Rachman is an American film director who directed the highly praised 2006 documentary on punk music American Hardcore, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released by Sony Pictures Classics. He is also one of the founders of the Slamdance Film Festival."
tagline: "American filmmaker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Rachman_Film_Director.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: "1962-09-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.32
  momentum:             0.653846153846154
  historical:           8.143305333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705127/"
    handle:    "nm0705127"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.paulrachman.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "پول راتشمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rachman"
    title: "Paul Rachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rachman"
    title: "Paul Rachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rachman"
    title: "Paul Rachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rachman"
    title: "Paul Rachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rachman"
    title: "Paul Rachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "پال رچمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/61a628f6-89f6-4f08-aa53-147ac3eda3c6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3366516"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109822"
    title: "Paul Rachman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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