# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/u-wei-haji-saari
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:36:47.684Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/u-wei-haji-saari"
name: "U-Wei Haji Saari"
slug: "u-wei-haji-saari"
description: "DatukU-Wei Haji Saari is a Malaysian film director. He first gained international attention with The Arsonist, the first Malaysian film to enter the Cannes Film Festival in 1995."
tagline: "Malaysian film director / screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/U_Wei_Shaari.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1954-07-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.141361333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/uweibin/"
    handle:    "uweibin"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354488/"
    handle:    "nm0354488"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3-%D0%92%D1%8D%D0%B9_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "У-Вэй Хаджи Шаари"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7_%D9%88%D9%89_%D9%87%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "ا وى هاچى سارى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Wei_Haji_Saari"
    title: "U-Wei Haji Saari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Wei_Haji_Saari"
    title: "U-Wei Haji Saari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Wei_bin_Haji_Saari"
    title: "U-Wei bin Haji Saari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Wei_Haji_Saari"
    title: "U-Wei Haji Saari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7862935"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1210283"
    title: "U-Wei Haji Saari"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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