# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-mccaughey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:35:56.688Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-mccaughey"
name: "William McCaughey"
slug: "william-mccaughey"
description: "William McCaughey was an American sound engineer. He won an Oscar for Best Sound and was nominated for four more in the same category."
tagline: "Sound engineer (1929-2000)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1929-12-12"
deathDate: "2000-05-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.538301333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565477/"
    handle:    "nm0565477"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E9%BA%A6%E8%80%83%E4%BC%8A"
    title: "威廉·麦考伊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McCaughey"
    title: "William McCaughey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McCaughey"
    title: "William McCaughey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McCaughey"
    title: "William McCaughey"
    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%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4"
    title: "ウィリアム・マッコーイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McCaughey"
    title: "William McCaughey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8015332"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1418825"
    title: "William L. McCaughey"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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