# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/santiago-alvarez
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:08:31.675Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/santiago-alvarez"
name: "Santiago Álvarez"
slug: "santiago-alvarez"
description: "Santiago Álvarez Román was a Cuban filmmaker. He wrote and directed many documentaries about Cuban and American culture. His \"nervous montage\" technique of using \"found materials,\" such as Hollywood movie clips, cartoons, and photographs, is considered a precursor to the modern video clip."
tagline: "Cuban filmmaker (1919-1998)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1919-03-18"
deathDate: "1998-05-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.14697733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0959588/"
    handle:    "nm0959588"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_%C3%81lvarez"
    title: "Santiago Álvarez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%BA%D9%88_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "سانتياغو ألفاريز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "سانتياجو الفاريز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_%C3%81lvarez_Rom%C3%A1n"
    title: "Santiago Álvarez Román"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_%C3%81lvarez_(Regisseur)"
    title: "Santiago Álvarez (Regisseur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_%C3%81lvarez_(filmmaker)"
    title: "Santiago Álvarez (filmmaker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_%C3%81lvarez_Rom%C3%A1n"
    title: "Santiago Álvarez Román"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_%C3%81lvarez"
    title: "Santiago Álvarez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_%C3%81lvarez"
    title: "Santiago Álvarez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_%C3%81lvarez"
    title: "Santiago Álvarez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%B3%D0%BE"
    title: "Альварес, Сантьяго"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_%C3%81lvarez"
    title: "Santiago Álvarez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1484780"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1496183"
    title: "Santiago Lozano Álvarez"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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