# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-herek
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:27:42.316Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-herek"
name: "Stephen Herek"
slug: "stephen-herek"
description: "Stephen Herek is an American film director. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he studied film at the University of Texas at Austin. He is best known for directing the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ni2MxgHBvzzYj9OzHpQ3yHkar79.jpg"
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: "1958-11-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.48
  momentum:             3.920265780730896
  historical:           15.01185466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378893/"
    handle:    "nm0378893"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ستيفين هيريك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Herek"
    title: "Stephen Herek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Herek"
    title: "Stephen Herek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Herek"
    title: "Stephen Herek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Herek"
    title: "Stephen Herek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%B1%DA%A9"
    title: "استیون هرک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Herek"
    title: "Stephen Herek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Herek"
    title: "Stephen Herek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Herek"
    title: "Stephen Herek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Herek"
    title: "Stephen Herek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF"
    title: "スティーヴン・ヘレク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Herek"
    title: "Stephen Herek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Herek"
    title: "Stephen Herek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Херек, Стивен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Herek"
    title: "Stephen Herek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%86_%DB%81%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9"
    title: "اسٹیفن ہیرک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545669"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18356"
    title: "Stephen Herek"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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