# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-r-ellis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:48:12.880Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-r-ellis"
name: "David R. Ellis"
slug: "david-r-ellis"
description: "David Richard Ellis was an American film director and stunt performer born in Santa Monica, California, in 1952. His credits included dozens of films and television series including National Lampoon's Vacation, Baywatch, Lethal Weapon, and Patriot Games."
tagline: "American film director and actor (1952-2013)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/zw1ccRyxUBy0y7JDdXTZAYg96xd.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: "1952-09-08"
deathDate: "2013-01-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.87
  momentum:             0.03080369644357323
  historical:           22.19561866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254786/"
    handle:    "nm0254786"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_R._Ellis"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "دايفيد إليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "دايفيد اليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%95%DB%8C%DA%A4%D8%AF_%D8%A6%DB%8E%D9%84%DB%8E%D8%B3"
    title: "دەیڤد ئێلێس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Ellis"
    title: "David R. Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Ellis"
    title: "David R. Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Ellis"
    title: "David R. Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A2%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "دیوید آر الیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Ellis"
    title: "David R. Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Richard_Ellis"
    title: "David Richard Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Ellis"
    title: "David R. Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Ellis"
    title: "David R. Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Ellis"
    title: "David R. Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9"
    title: "デヴィッド・エリス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EC%9D%B4%EB%B9%84%EB%93%9C_R._%EC%97%98%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "데이비드 R. 엘리스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Richard_Ellis"
    title: "David Richard Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Ellis"
    title: "David R. Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Ellis"
    title: "David R. Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Ellis"
    title: "David R. Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Эллис, Дэвид Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Ellis"
    title: "David R. Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Ellis"
    title: "David R. Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Ellis"
    title: "David R. Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%A0._%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Девід Р. Елліс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%88_%D8%A2%D8%B1_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "ڈیوڈ آر ایلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%B4%E7%BB%B4%C2%B7%E7%90%86%E6%9F%A5%E5%BE%B7%C2%B7%E5%9F%83%E5%88%A9%E6%96%AF"
    title: "戴维·理查德·埃利斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529803"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4755"
    title: "David R. Ellis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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