# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sean-durkin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:02:58.592Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sean-durkin"
name: "Sean Durkin"
slug: "sean-durkin"
description: "Timothy Sean Durkin is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Durkin is known for directing the critically acclaimed independent films Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), The Nest (2020), and The Iron Claw (2023). He is also known for directing episodes of the Channel 4 series Southcliffe (2013) and the Amazon Prime Video miniseries Dead Ringers (2023)."
tagline: "Canadian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Film_director_Sean_Durkin_(6139460708).jpg?width=1200"
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: "1981-12-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.570028
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1699934/"
    handle:    "nm1699934"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "شون دوركين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Durkin"
    title: "Sean Durkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Durkin"
    title: "Sean Durkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Durkin"
    title: "Sean Durkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Durkin"
    title: "Sean Durkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Durkin"
    title: "Sean Durkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ショーン・ダーキン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Дуркин, Шон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7440964"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/527607"
    title: "Sean Durkin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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