# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-hecht
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:57:27.217Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-hecht"
name: "Ben Hecht"
slug: "ben-hecht"
description: "Ben Hecht was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films, including six Academy Award nominations and two wins."
tagline: "American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Hecht.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1894-02-28"
deathDate: "1964-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.052504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372942/"
    handle:    "nm0372942"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump