# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-leavitt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:38:01.773Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-leavitt"
name: "Sam Leavitt"
slug: "sam-leavitt"
description: "Samuel Leavitt, A.S.C., was an American cinematographer nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for The Defiant Ones (1958)."
tagline: "American cinematographer (1904-1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo_of_Sam_Leavitt_in_American_Cinematographer_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1904-02-06"
deathDate: "1984-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.384615384615385
  historical:           11.35313333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0495402/"
    handle:    "nm0495402"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Leavitt_(cinematographer)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Leavitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Սեմ Լիվիթ"
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    title: "Sam Leavitt"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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