# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vic-sarin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:52:04.271Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vic-sarin"
name: "Vic Sarin"
slug: "vic-sarin"
description: "Victor Sarin is an Indian-born Canadian/American film director, cinematographer and screenwriter who has worked in film and television for over 60 years. Sarin was the recipient of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Kodak New Century Award in 2009, the Directors Guild of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 and the Order of Canada in 2022."
tagline: "Canadian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mr._Vic_Sarin_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1945-06-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.29
  momentum:             1.754966887417219
  historical:           4.82556
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765225/"
    handle:    "nm0765225"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Sarin"
    title: "Vic Sarin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Sarin"
    title: "Vic Sarin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "ویک سارین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Sarin"
    title: "Vic Sarin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DA%A9_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "وک سارین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1647046"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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