# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vinayan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:51:49.366Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vinayan"
name: "Vinayan"
slug: "vinayan"
description: "T. G. Vinayakumar, professionally credited as Vinayan, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, and lyricist, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and occasionally in Tamil cinema. He has directed 40 Malayalam films and 4 Tamil films."
tagline: "Indian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VINAYAN_DSC_0729.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1960-05-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.991046666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898524/"
    handle:    "nm0898524"
sources:
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB"
    title: "വിനയൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ڤينايان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinayan"
    title: "Vinayan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "வினயன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "వినయన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12072216"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1178628"
    title: "Vinayan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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