# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-nigh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:23:39.336Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-nigh"
name: "William Nigh"
slug: "william-nigh"
description: "William Nigh, born Emil Kreuske, was an American film director, writer, and actor. His film work sometimes lists him as either \"Will Nigh\" or \"William Nye\"."
tagline: "American film director, writer and actor (1881-1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Democracy_The_Vision_Restored_(1920)_-_William_Nigh.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1881-10-12"
deathDate: "1955-11-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.68
  momentum:             1.505480995799611
  historical:           12.28319066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0631438/"
    handle:    "nm0631438"
sources:
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    title: "ولیم نائی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nigh"
    title: "William Nigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC"
    title: "ويليام نيج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nigh"
    title: "William Nigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nigh"
    title: "William Nigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nigh"
    title: "William Nigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nigh"
    title: "William Nigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "ویلیام نای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nigh"
    title: "William Nigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nigh"
    title: "William Nigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nigh"
    title: "William Nigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nigh"
    title: "William Nigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nigh"
    title: "William Nigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B9%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Най, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q513061"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89226"
    title: "William Nigh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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