# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-barron
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:14:28.496Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-barron"
name: "Steve Barron"
slug: "steve-barron"
description: "Steven Barron is an Irish-British filmmaker and music video director. Among the music videos he has directed are \"Billie Jean\" by Michael Jackson, \"Burnin Up\" by Madonna, \"Summer of '69\" and \"Run to You\" by Bryan Adams, \"Money for Nothing\" by Dire Straits, \"Electric Avenue\" and \"I Don't Wanna Dance\" by Eddy Grant, \"Going Underground\" by The Jam, \"Don't You Want Me\" by The Human League, \"Baby Jane\" by Rod Stewart, \"Pale Shelter\" by Tears for Fears, \"Africa\" by Toto, and \"Take On Me\" by A-ha. The videos for \"Take On Me\", \"Africa\", and \"Billie Jean\" have each garnered over 1 billion views on YouTube. Barron also directed several films, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Coneheads (1993), and The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)."
tagline: "Irish film director, film producer, music video director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_Barron.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1956-05-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.87
  momentum:             2.57617728531856
  historical:           18.56027733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/thestevebarron"
    handle:    "thestevebarron"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006625/"
    handle:    "nm0006625"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steve Barron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steve Barron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steve Barron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steve Barron"
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    title: "Steve Barron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steve Barron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бэррон, Стив"
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    title: "Стів Беррон"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump