# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-wenkus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:34:53.964Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-wenkus"
name: "Alan Wenkus"
slug: "alan-wenkus"
description: "Alan Wenkus is an American screenwriter, film producer, director and a former VP of programming for Premiere Networks. Wenkus has been nominated for several awards for his work in television and film including a Writers Guild of America Award, the NAACP Image Award and an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He's best known for co-writing and Executive Producing Straight Outta Compton."
tagline: "American screenwriter"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/TIFO_Alan_Wenkus-5319_%2824717407048%29.jpg/330px-TIFO_Alan_Wenkus-5319_%2824717407048%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1966-04-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.07
  momentum:             4.615384615384617
  historical:           7.204464
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921023/"
    handle:    "nm0921023"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Wenkus"
    title: "Alan Wenkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "آلان وينكوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Wenkus"
    title: "Alan Wenkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Wenkus"
    title: "Alan Wenkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "آلن ونکوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Wenkus"
    title: "Alan Wenkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Wenkus"
    title: "Alan Wenkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4708025"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1371401"
    title: "Alan Wenkus"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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