# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-karel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:52:52.276Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-karel"
name: "William Karel"
slug: "william-karel"
description: "William Karel is a French film director and author. He is known for his historical and political documentaries."
tagline: "French film director"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5CVKSzWyEg73cKvjzLE6gQJ956t.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1940"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.343449333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439137/"
    handle:    "nm0439137"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Karel"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ويليام كاريل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karel"
    title: "William Karel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karel"
    title: "William Karel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karel"
    title: "William Karel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karel"
    title: "William Karel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karel"
    title: "William Karel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karel"
    title: "William Karel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karel"
    title: "William Karel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709587"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27766"
    title: "William Karel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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