# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valentin-vaala
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:32:28.299Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valentin-vaala"
name: "Valentin Vaala"
slug: "valentin-vaala"
description: "Valentin Vaala was a Finnish film director, screenwriter and film editor. His career spanned several decades, from 1929 to 1973, and has been called one of the most significant, in both quality and popularity, in the history of Finnish cinema."
tagline: "Finnish film director (1909–1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valentinvaala1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1909-10-13"
deathDate: "1976-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.06
  momentum:             1.027397260273973
  historical:           8.539129333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0882795/"
    handle:    "nm0882795"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Валентин Ваала"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ڤالينتين ڤالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Vaala"
    title: "Valentin Vaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Vaala"
    title: "Valentin Vaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Vaala"
    title: "Valentin Vaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Vaala"
    title: "Valentin Vaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Vaala"
    title: "Valentin Vaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Ваала, Валентин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Vaala"
    title: "Valentin Vaala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7910828"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1171039"
    title: "Valentin Vaala"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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