# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tanya-wexler
# Generated: 2026-09-01T06:14:17.409Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tanya-wexler"
name: "Tanya Wexler"
slug: "tanya-wexler"
description: "Tanya Wexler is an American film director. Wexler has been working in the film industry since 1998, when her first film Finding North (1998), was released. Wexler is most known for her 2011 feature film Hysteria. Wexler is known for exploring women's issues in her films and including complex female characters. Wexler has also been involved in advocating for women in the film industry, and advocating for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tanya_Wexler_at_2011_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1970-08-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.24
  momentum:             19.02999754118515
  historical:           9.805416000000001
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/twexdirects/"
    handle:    "twexdirects"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923330/"
    handle:    "nm0923330"
sources:
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    title: "تانیا ویکسلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تانيا ويكسلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تانيا ويكسلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Wexler"
    title: "Tanya Wexler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Wexler"
    title: "Tanya Wexler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Wexler"
    title: "Tanya Wexler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Wexler"
    title: "Tanya Wexler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Wexler"
    title: "Tanya Wexler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%83%80%EB%83%90_%EC%9B%A9%EC%8A%AC%EB%9F%AC"
    title: "타냐 웩슬러"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F"
    title: "Уэкслер, Таня"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3980944"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Tanya Wexler"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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