# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-conrad
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:20:11.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-conrad"
name: "Tony Conrad"
slug: "tony-conrad"
description: "Anthony Schmalz Conrad was an American video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician, composer, sound artist, teacher, and writer. Active in a variety of media since the early 1960s, he was a pioneer of both drone music and structural film. As a musician, he was an important figure in the New York minimalist scene of the 1960s, during which time he performed as part of the Theatre of Eternal Music. He became recognized as a filmmaker for his 1966 film The Flicker. He performed and collaborated with a wide range of artists over the course of his career."
tagline: "American filmmaker, violinist and composer (1940-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony_Conrad_3_-_DMS35th.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-03-07"
deathDate: "2016-04-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.4
  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0175739/"
    handle:    "nm0175739"
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    title: "Tony Conrad"
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    title: "Tony Conrad"
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    title: "トニー・コンラッド"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump