# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zal-batmanglij
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:53:11.109Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zal-batmanglij"
name: "Zal Batmanglij"
slug: "zal-batmanglij"
description: "Zal Batmanglij is an American film director and screenwriter. He directed and co-wrote the 2011 film Sound of My Voice and the 2013 film The East, both of which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, as well as the Netflix series The OA, which debuted in 2016."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zal_Batmanglij_by_Gage_Skidmore.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: "1980-04-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.046348
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/z_al"
    handle:    "z_al"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2610231/"
    handle:    "nm2610231"
sources:
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    title: "ذال باتمنگلیج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "زال باتمانجليج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%DA%86"
    title: "زال باتمانجليچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Batmanglij"
    title: "Zal Batmanglij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Batmanglij"
    title: "Zal Batmanglij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Batmanglij"
    title: "Zal Batmanglij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%86"
    title: "زال باتمانقلیچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Batmanglij"
    title: "Zal Batmanglij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Batmanglij"
    title: "Zal Batmanglij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA"
    title: "ザル・バトマングリ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Batmanglij"
    title: "Zal Batmanglij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Batmanglij"
    title: "Zal Batmanglij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B6%2C_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BB"
    title: "Батманглидж, Зал"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13499404"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/933739"
    title: "Zal Batmanglij"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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