# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shozo-makino
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:49:48.015Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shozo-makino"
name: "Shōzō Makino"
slug: "shozo-makino"
description: "Shōzō Makino was a Japanese film director, film producer and businessman who is regarded as a pioneering director of Japanese film, granting the title \"Father of the Japanese film\"  liken to D. W. Griffith, while Makino was proud of the nickname \"Griffith Makino\"  given by Griffith himself."
tagline: "Japanese film director, film producer, and businessman (1878–1929)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ShozoMakino.jpg?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: "1878-09-22"
deathDate: "1929-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.67
  momentum:             1.581059390048154
  historical:           11.03722933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538634/"
    handle:    "nm0538634"
sources:
  - url: "https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A1%E1%B1%9A_%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9A_(%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9_%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9)"
    title: "ᱥᱚᱡᱚ ᱢᱟᱠᱤᱱᱚ (ᱫᱤᱥᱟᱹ ᱩᱫᱩᱜᱤᱭᱟᱹ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "شوزو ماكينو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eozo_Makino_(rejissor)"
    title: "Şozo Makino (rejissor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makino_Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_(Regisseur)"
    title: "Makino Shōzō (Regisseur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Makino_(director)"
    title: "Shōzō Makino (director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88"
    title: "ماکینو شوزو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Makino"
    title: "Shōzō Makino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%89%A7%E9%87%8E%E7%9C%81%E4%B8%89"
    title: "牧野省三"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%A8%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BE"
    title: "Макино Шоозоо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Makino_(re%C5%BCyser)"
    title: "Shōzō Makino (reżyser)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shozo_Makino"
    title: "Shozo Makino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A1%D1%91%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%BE_(%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Макино, Сёдзо (кинематографист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q788146"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1088027"
    title: "Shōzō Makino"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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