# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-newfield
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:13:48.578Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-newfield"
name: "Sam Newfield"
slug: "sam-newfield"
description: "Sam Newfield, also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American film director. He directed over 250 feature films from the silent era until 1958. He also directed one- and two-reel comedy shorts, training films, industrial films and TV episodes. He would sometimes direct more than 20 films in a single year—he has been called the most prolific director of the sound era."
tagline: "American film director (1899-1964)"
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: "1899-12-06"
deathDate: "1964-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.73
  momentum:             1.08256880733945
  historical:           9.421744
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0627864/"
    handle:    "nm0627864"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DA%88"
    title: "سیم نیو فیلڈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "سام نيوفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Newfield"
    title: "Sam Newfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Newfield"
    title: "Sam Newfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Newfield"
    title: "Sam Newfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Newfield"
    title: "Sam Newfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "سام نیوفیلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Newfield"
    title: "Sam Newfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Newfield"
    title: "Sam Newfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Newfield"
    title: "Sam Newfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Newfield"
    title: "Sam Newfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3470531"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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