# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/weegee
# Generated: 2026-09-07T15:22:53.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/weegee"
name: "Weegee"
slug: "weegee"
description: "Ascher Fellig, known by his pseudonym Weegee, was a photographer and photojournalist, known for his stark black and white street photography in New York City."
tagline: "American photographer (1899–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Weegee_-_Arthur_Fellig_-_1945.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1899-06-12"
deathDate: "1968-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.17
  momentum:             4.192822819752581
  historical:           22.16641866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271460/"
    handle:    "nm0271460"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Weegee"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Weegee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Weegee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Weegee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Weegee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ウィージー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "위지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Weegee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weegee"
    title: "Weegee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Weegee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Виджи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Weegee"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1201088"
    title: "Arthur 'Weegee' Fellig"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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