# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-dunn
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:23:57.142Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-dunn"
name: "Sam Dunn"
slug: "sam-dunn"
description: "Sam Dunn is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, musician, and anthropologist, best known for his series of documentaries on heavy metal music. He co-owns Toronto-based production company Banger Films with Scot McFadyen. Dunn holds a bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of Victoria and a master's degree from York University where his thesis work focused on Guatemalan refugees."
tagline: "Canadian documentary filmmaker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Dunn_in_2005.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1974-03-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.52235866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242757/"
    handle:    "nm0242757"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.metalhistory.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Dunn"
    title: "Sam Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سام دان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سام دان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Dunn"
    title: "Sam Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%BC_%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD"
    title: "Σαμ Νταν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Dunn"
    title: "Sam Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Dunn"
    title: "Sam Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Dunn"
    title: "Sam Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Dunn"
    title: "Sam Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Dunn"
    title: "Sam Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Dunn"
    title: "Sam Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Dunn"
    title: "Sam Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Dunn"
    title: "Sam Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC"
    title: "Данн, Сэм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2096083"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84110"
    title: "Sam Dunn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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