# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adam-shankman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:50:37.059Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adam-shankman"
name: "Adam Shankman"
slug: "adam-shankman"
description: "Adam Michael Shankman is an American film director, producer, writer, dancer, author, actor, and choreographer. He was a permanent judge on seasons 6–7 of the television program So You Think You Can Dance. He began his professional career in musical theater and was a dancer in music videos for Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson. Shankman has choreographed dozens of films and directed several feature-length films, including A Walk to Remember, Bringing Down the House, The Pacifier, and the musicals Hairspray, Rock of Ages and Disenchanted."
tagline: "American actor, director, choreographer and dancer (born 1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adam-shankman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1964-11-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             12.83874291602267
  historical:           24.17614133333333
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 249
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump