# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/screaming-mad-george
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:15:41.837Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/screaming-mad-george"
name: "Screaming Mad George"
slug: "screaming-mad-george"
description: "Joji Tani , known as Screaming Mad George, is a Japanese special effects artist, film director, and former musician. He was born in Osaka, Japan, and emigrated to the United States, where he has become known for his surreal, grotesque and gory special effects. He has collaborated with director and producer Brian Yuzna on many films."
tagline: "Japanese-American artist and director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Screaming_Mad_George_at_his_restrospective_art_show.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1956-10-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.92
  momentum:             0.3536293538952406
  historical:           8.673517333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313608/"
    handle:    "nm0313608"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سكريامينج ماد چورچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Screaming Mad George"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اسکریمینگ مد جرج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Mad_George"
    title: "Screaming Mad George"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_Mad_George"
    title: "Screaming Mad George"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "スクリーミング・マッド・ジョージ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Screaming Mad George"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump