# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thom-andersen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:54:52.472Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thom-andersen"
name: "Thom Andersen"
slug: "thom-andersen"
description: "Thom Andersen is an American filmmaker, film critic, and teacher best known for his works of experimental film, including his 1975 film Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer and the 2003 essay film Los Angeles Plays Itself."
tagline: "American filmmaker and film scientist (born 1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thom_Andersen_2_-_DMS35th.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1943"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.59
  momentum:             11.875
  historical:           6.149929333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026263/"
    handle:    "nm0026263"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "تھام اینڈرسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "ثوم أندرسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "ثوم اندرسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Andersen"
    title: "Thom Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Andersen"
    title: "Thom Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Andersen"
    title: "Thom Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7786709"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120969"
    title: "Thom Andersen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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