# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-markus
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:50:23.045Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-markus"
name: "William Markus"
slug: "william-markus"
description: "Karl William Marcus was a Finnish-British film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer who used the stage name William Markus."
tagline: "Finnish film director (1917-1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Markus_(1951).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1917-01-12"
deathDate: "1989-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.51
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.811016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0549031/"
    handle:    "nm0549031"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Markus"
    title: "William Markus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ويليام ماركوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ويليام ماركوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Markus"
    title: "William Markus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Markus"
    title: "William Markus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Markus"
    title: "William Markus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Markus"
    title: "William Markus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4356820"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1702677"
    title: "William Markus"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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