# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-gest
# Generated: 2026-09-01T14:08:16.011Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-gest"
name: "David Gest"
slug: "david-gest"
description: "David Alan Gest was an American producer and television personality. Gest founded the American Cinema Awards Foundation in 1983. He produced the television special Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration in 2001, which was the last reunion of Michael Jackson and the Jacksons coming almost 17 years after their previous reunion. Gest appeared on the 2006 series of the British reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. He frequently made tabloid headlines during his marriage with Liza Minnelli. In 2016, Gest appeared in Celebrity Big Brother 17 in the UK but elected to leave the show after 13 days due to \"medical reasons\". This resulted him finishing in 13th place."
tagline: "American producer and entertainer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Gest.png?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: "1953-05-11"
deathDate: "2016-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.217662666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1205836/"
    handle:    "nm1205836"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.davidgestonline.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gest"
    title: "David Gest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/45334616-5cef-4e3d-9c15-b38cd2f6d3d0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA_(%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "ديفيد جيست (منتج افلام من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gest"
    title: "David Gest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gest"
    title: "David Gest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gest"
    title: "David Gest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gest"
    title: "David Gest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10264401"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220164"
    title: "David Gest"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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