# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-l-wolper
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:46:38.688Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-l-wolper"
name: "David L. Wolper"
slug: "david-l-wolper"
description: "David Lloyd Wolper was an American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, and North and South, and the theatrically-released films Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and L.A. Confidential (1997). He was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 57th Academy Awards in 1985 for his work producing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, as well as helping to bring the games there. His 1971 film about the study of insects, The Hellstrom Chronicle, won an Academy Award."
tagline: "American television producer (1928–2010)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/David_L._Wolper.jpg"
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: "1928-01-11"
deathDate: "2010-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.24
  momentum:             0.169172932330827
  historical:           9.946802666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938678/"
    handle:    "nm0938678"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.davidlwolper.com"
sources:
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    title: "David L. Wolper"
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Wolper"
    title: "David L. Wolper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Wolper"
    title: "David L. Wolper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Wolper"
    title: "David L. Wolper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Wolper"
    title: "David L. Wolper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Wolper"
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    title: "دیوید ال. ولپر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David L. Wolper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Wolper"
    title: "David L. Wolper"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Wolper"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902654"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "David L. Wolper"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump