# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-girdler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:34:06.618Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-girdler"
name: "William Girdler"
slug: "william-girdler"
description: "William Girdler, also known as Billy Girdler, was an American filmmaker. In a span of six years, from 1972 to 1978, he directed nine feature films in such genres as horror and action. Girdler also wrote and produced three of his features, Abby, Sheba, Baby and The Manitou."
tagline: "American film director (1947–1978)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8JCNwMdL9Fn9UYsatSPLTw1P2ME.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1947-10-22"
deathDate: "1978-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.76
  momentum:             7.22397476340694
  historical:           7.058968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0320852/"
    handle:    "nm0320852"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.williamgirdler.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%DA%AF%D8%B1%DA%88%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "ولیم گرڈلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليام جيردلير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Girdler"
    title: "William Girdler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Girdler"
    title: "William Girdler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Girdler"
    title: "William Girdler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ウィリアム・ガードラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%91%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Гёрдлер, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568656"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112400"
    title: "William Girdler"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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