# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daniel-knauf
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:17:24.976Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daniel-knauf"
name: "Daniel Knauf"
slug: "daniel-knauf"
description: "Daniel Knauf, sometimes credited under the pseudonyms Wilfred Schmidt and Chris Neal, is an American television screenwriter and producer, as well as comic book writer, best known for his creation of the 2003 HBO series Carnivàle."
tagline: "Writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel_Knauf_1.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: "1958-08-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.86
  momentum:             0.05886200130804448
  historical:           7.322034666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460567/"
    handle:    "nm0460567"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%84_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81"
    title: "ڈینیئل ناف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "دانيل كناوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81"
    title: "دنیل ناف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Knauf"
    title: "Daniel Knauf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Knauf"
    title: "Daniel Knauf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Knauf"
    title: "Daniel Knauf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81"
    title: "دنیل ناف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Knauf"
    title: "Daniel Knauf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q648500"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/134048"
    title: "Daniel Knauf"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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