# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phil-karlson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:20:23.654Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phil-karlson"
name: "Phil Karlson"
slug: "phil-karlson"
description: "Philip N. Karlstein, known professionally as Phil Karlson, was an American film director, noted for his gritty crime films and films noir. His notable works included Kansas City Confidential (1952), Scandal Sheet, 99 River Street (1953), Hell's Island (1955), The Phenix City Story, Tight Spot, and 5 Against the House."
tagline: "American film director (1908–1982)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Phil_Karlson.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: "1908-07-02"
deathDate: "1985-12-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.19
  momentum:             0.258792302587923
  historical:           11.855656
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439597/"
    handle:    "nm0439597"
sources:
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    title: "Phil Karlson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Karlson"
    title: "Phil Karlson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Karlson"
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    title: "فیل کارلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Karlson"
    title: "Phil Karlson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Phil Karlson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Phil Karlson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Phil Karlson"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Karlson"
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    title: "Карлсон, Фил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Phil Karlson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump