# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/penelope-spheeris
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:57:08.862Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/penelope-spheeris"
name: "Penelope Spheeris"
slug: "penelope-spheeris"
description: "Penelope Spheeris is an American filmmaker. Her best-known works include The Decline of Western Civilization trilogy of music documentaries (1981–98), each covering an aspect of Los Angeles underground culture, and has been referred to as a \"rock 'n roll anthropologist\". She is also known for directing the comedy films Wayne's World, Dudes (1987) and The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)."
tagline: "American filmmaker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1984_02_09-Penelope-Spheeris.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1945-12-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.18296266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790715/"
    handle:    "nm0790715"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://penelopespheeris.com/"
sources:
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    title: "پینیلوپ اسفیریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بينيلوب سفيريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بينيلوب سفيريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Spheeris"
    title: "Penelope Spheeris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Spheeris"
    title: "Penelope Spheeris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Πενέλοπη Σφήρις"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Spheeris"
    title: "Penelope Spheeris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Spheeris"
    title: "Penelope Spheeris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%86%D9%84%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "پنلوپه اسفیریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Spheeris"
    title: "Penelope Spheeris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Spheeris"
    title: "Penelope Spheeris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Spheeris"
    title: "Penelope Spheeris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8D%BC%EB%84%AC%EB%9F%AC%ED%94%BC_%EC%8A%A4%ED%94%BC%EC%96%B4%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "퍼넬러피 스피어리스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Spheeris"
    title: "Penelope Spheeris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Spheeris"
    title: "Penelope Spheeris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0"
    title: "Сфирис, Пенелопа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Penelope Spheeris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441578"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58448"
    title: "Penelope Spheeris"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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