# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phil-joanou
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:32:58.233Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phil-joanou"
name: "Phil Joanou"
slug: "phil-joanou"
description: "Phil Joanou is an American director of film, music videos, and television programs. He is known for his collaborations with the rock band U2, for whom he directed music videos and their 1988 documentary film Rattle and Hum."
tagline: "American film director and music video director"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rPntGGUwbJPFjy9nAoIelncgLxx.jpg"
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: "1961-11-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.937664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423333/"
    handle:    "nm0423333"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.philjoanoudirector.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1553410"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "فيل چوانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Joanou"
    title: "Phil Joanou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Joanou"
    title: "Phil Joanou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%98%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "فیل ژوانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Joanou"
    title: "Phil Joanou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Joanou"
    title: "Phil Joanou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC"
    title: "フィル・ジョアノー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Joanou"
    title: "Phil Joanou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Джоану, Фил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Joanou"
    title: "Phil Joanou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "فل جوانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/efa8dbb7-5942-4efa-989a-d21cf68f1cb1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716373"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18500"
    title: "Phil Joanou"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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