# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-engel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:54:53.544Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-engel"
name: "Thomas Engel"
slug: "thomas-engel"
description: "Thomas Engel was a German screenwriter and director of film and television. He was the son of director Erich Engel."
tagline: "German director and screenwriter (1922–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fotothek_df_pk_0000277_008_Portr%C3%A4t.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1922-04-18"
deathDate: "2015-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.29
  momentum:             0.08595988538681949
  historical:           5.279338666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257148/"
    handle:    "nm0257148"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Engel_(director)"
    title: "Thomas Engel (director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84"
    title: "توماس انجل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Engel_(Regisseur)"
    title: "Thomas Engel (Regisseur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Engel"
    title: "Thomas Engel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Engel"
    title: "Thomas Engel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Engel_(Filmregisseur)"
    title: "Thomas Engel (Filmregisseur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2423698"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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