# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willy-van-hemert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:43:00.890Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willy-van-hemert"
name: "Willy van Hemert"
slug: "willy-van-hemert"
description: "Willem Catharinus (Willy) van Hemert was a Dutch actor and theatre and television director, but is best known as a songwriter who penned two winning Dutch songs for the Eurovision Song Contest."
tagline: "Dutch actor, director, & songwriter (1912-1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willy_van_Hemert_1959.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1912-03-29"
deathDate: "1993-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.04
  momentum:             6.813186813186814
  historical:           6.633048
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375984/"
    handle:    "nm0375984"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/755989"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "ويلى ڤان هيميرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_van_Hemert"
    title: "Willy van Hemert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_van_Hemert"
    title: "Willy van Hemert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_van_Hemert"
    title: "Willy van Hemert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_van_Hemert"
    title: "Willy van Hemert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/282a610c-6ba0-44b9-ae19-134c8a6d071b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2110571"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1010043"
    title: "Willy van Hemert"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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