# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/siddalingaiah
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:01:23.321Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/siddalingaiah"
name: "Siddalingaiah"
slug: "siddalingaiah"
description: "Siddalingaiah was an Indian film director, scriptwriter and producer who worked mainly in the Kannada films. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, and the industry knew him as a master of social themes and rural subject matter. He was one of the most commercially successful directors in the Kannada industry. He began his film career in 1964 as a director with Mayor Muthanna (1969). In a career that spanned 30 years, he directed over 20 films."
tagline: "Indian film director (1936-2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/S.SiddalingaiahImg.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1936-12-15"
deathDate: "2015-03-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.44
  momentum:             7.907714786674459
  historical:           3.676937333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1151007/"
    handle:    "nm1151007"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Siddalingaiah"
    title: "S. Siddalingaiah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF"
    title: "ಸಿದ್ದಲಿಂಗಯ್ಯ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D._%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "எஸ். சித்தலிங்கையா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13161492"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2696856"
    title: "Siddalingaiah"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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