# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-james-craft
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:24:26.475Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-james-craft"
name: "William James Craft"
slug: "william-james-craft"
description: "William James Craft was a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1910 and 1931. He is also credited with writing for 12 films between 1920 and 1928. Craft was born in Toronto and died in 1931 from injuries received in an auto accident."
tagline: "Film director, screenwriter (1887-1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_James_Craft_-_Aug_1925_EH.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1887"
deathDate: "1931-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.05
  momentum:             8.256608256608256
  historical:           5.471850666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185714/"
    handle:    "nm0185714"
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA"
    title: "ویلیام جیمز کرافت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA"
    title: "وليام جيمس كرافت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James_Craft"
    title: "William James Craft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Craft"
    title: "William J. Craft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James_Craft"
    title: "William James Craft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568727"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1281084"
    title: "William James Craft"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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