# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willard-van-dyke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:17:18.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willard-van-dyke"
name: "Willard Van Dyke"
slug: "willard-van-dyke"
description: "Willard Ames Van Dyke was an American filmmaker, photographer, arts administrator, teacher, and former director of the film department at the Museum of Modern Art."
tagline: "American filmmaker and photographer (1906-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jorge_Ruiz_con_Willard_Van_Dyke_1958-cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1906-12-05"
deathDate: "1986-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           11.61242
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump