# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rik-kuypers
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:13:25.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rik-kuypers"
name: "Rik Kuypers"
slug: "rik-kuypers"
description: "Rik Kuypers was a Belgian film director. He directed 29 films between 1947 and 1981. He co-directed the film Seagulls Die in the Harbour, which was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival."
tagline: "Belgian film director (1925–2019)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1925-04-11"
deathDate: "2019-05-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.56
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.336177333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0476712/"
    handle:    "nm0476712"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%8C%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E5%87%AF%E7%8F%80%E6%96%AF"
    title: "里克·凯珀斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "ريك كويپيرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rik_Kuypers"
    title: "Rik Kuypers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rik_Kuypers"
    title: "Rik Kuypers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rik_Kuypers"
    title: "Rik Kuypers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rik_Kuypers"
    title: "Rik Kuypers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3432024"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/239067"
    title: "Rik Kuypers"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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