# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-c-foster
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:33:46.306Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-c-foster"
name: "William C. Foster"
slug: "william-c-foster"
description: "William C. Foster was a pioneer of cinematography."
tagline: "American cinematographer (1880–1923)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_C_Foster.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1880-12-28"
deathDate: "1923-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.36
  momentum:             1.69908466819222
  historical:           7.002844
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288119/"
    handle:    "nm0288119"
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Foster"
    title: "William C. Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام فوستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليام فوستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Foster"
    title: "William C. Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%DB%8C._%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ویلیام سی. فاستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Foster"
    title: "William C. Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Foster"
    title: "William C. Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8006303"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74963"
    title: "William C. Foster"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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