# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-angst
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:30:35.682Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-angst"
name: "Richard Angst"
slug: "richard-angst"
description: "Richard Angst was a Swiss cinematographer. He became known in the late 1920s and early 1930s for his work on mountain films with Arnold Fanck and later worked on a wide range of productions in Germany, including collaborations with Fritz Lang. Over his career he was credited on numerous feature films and was recognised in 1971 with the German Film Award for his life’s work."
tagline: "Swiss cinematographer (1905-1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Angst_richard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1905-07-23"
deathDate: "1984-07-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.38
  momentum:             8.571428571428571
  historical:           5.472354666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0029940/"
    handle:    "nm0029940"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Angst"
    title: "Richard Angst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ريتشارد انجست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Angst"
    title: "Richard Angst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ریچارد انست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Angst"
    title: "Richard Angst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121175"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50455"
    title: "Richard Angst"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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