# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/russ-meyer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:42:05.735Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/russ-meyer"
name: "Russ Meyer"
slug: "russ-meyer"
description: "Russell Albion Meyer was an American filmmaker. He was primarily known for writing and directing a successful series of sexploitation films featuring campy humor, sly satire and large-breasted women, which have attracted a considerable cult following. His best-known works include Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965), Vixen! (1968), Supervixens (1975), Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979), and the film he considered to be his definitive work, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)."
tagline: "American film director and photographer (1922–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Russ_Meyer_by_Roger_Ebert.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1922-03-21"
deathDate: "2004-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.2
  momentum:             0.96
  historical:           22.60243466666667
  currentAttention:     13.76
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 242
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000540/"
    handle:    "nm0000540"
sources:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump