# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viestur-kairish
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:36:36.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viestur-kairish"
name: "Viestur Kairish"
slug: "viestur-kairish"
description: "Viestur Kairish is a Latvian opera, film, and theatre director. He has made a successful career in Latvia and Germany as a director of operas, and his films and plays have toured in many European festivals."
tagline: "Latvian director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viestur_Kairish.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1971-01-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.9
  momentum:             6.69811320754717
  historical:           9.021492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1210023/"
    handle:    "nm1210023"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8C%D1%94%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80%D1%96%D1%88%D1%81"
    title: "Вьєстурс Кайрішс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4"
    title: "ڤيستور كايريش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viesturs_Kairi%C5%A1s"
    title: "Viesturs Kairišs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viestur_Kairish"
    title: "Viestur Kairish"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viesturs_Kairi%C5%A1s"
    title: "Viesturs Kairišs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viesturs_Kairi%C5%A1s"
    title: "Viesturs Kairišs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viesturas_Kairi%C5%A1as"
    title: "Viesturas Kairišas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viesturs_Kairi%C5%A1s"
    title: "Viesturs Kairišs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viesturs_Kairi%C5%A1s"
    title: "Viesturs Kairišs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%88%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Кайриш, Виестурс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18165055"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1189539"
    title: "Viesturs Kairišs"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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