# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/d-j-machale
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:15:07.847Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/d-j-machale"
name: "D. J. MacHale"
slug: "d-j-machale"
description: "Donald James MacHale is an American writer, director, and executive producer. He has been affiliated with shows such as Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Flight 29 Down and Seasonal Differences. MacHale is also the author of the popular young adult book series, Pendragon and Morpheus Road."
tagline: "American writer, television director and producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DJ_MacHale_2016.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: "1955-03-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.12066666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/djmachale"
    handle:    "djmachale"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/djmachale/"
    handle:    "djmachale"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/AuthorD.J.MacHale"
    handle:    "AuthorD.J.MacHale"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532530/"
    handle:    "nm0532530"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "دى. جيه. ماكهال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دی. جی. مک‌هیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "D. J. MacHale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.J._MacHale"
    title: "D.J. MacHale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C._%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "دی. جی. مک‌هیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._J._MacHale"
    title: "D. J. MacHale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._J._MacHale"
    title: "D. J. MacHale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.J._MacHale"
    title: "D.J. MacHale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.J._MacHale"
    title: "D.J. MacHale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._J._MacHale"
    title: "D. J. MacHale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._J._MacHale"
    title: "D. J. MacHale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/D._J._MacHale"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/D._J._MacHale"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2367724"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1226762"
    title: "D.J. MacHale"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump