# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/danny-leiner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:17:27.029Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/danny-leiner"
name: "Danny Leiner"
slug: "danny-leiner"
description: "Daniel Leiner was an American film and television director. He is best known for directing the stoner comedy films Dude, Where's My Car? and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle."
tagline: "American film and television director (1961-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CFC_in_L.A._43_(5515996366)_(cropped).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: "1961-05-13"
deathDate: "2018-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.98
  momentum:             0.972222222222222
  historical:           8.473044
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500444/"
    handle:    "nm0500444"
sources:
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    title: "Danny Leiner"
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    title: "دانى لينير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Danny Leiner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Danny Leiner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Danny Leiner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Leiner"
    title: "Danny Leiner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Leiner"
    title: "Danny Leiner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Leiner"
    title: "Danny Leiner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Leiner"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڈینی لینر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56591"
    title: "Danny Leiner"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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