# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-s-ward
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:05:24.523Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-s-ward"
name: "David S. Ward"
slug: "david-s-ward"
description: "David Schad Ward is an American screenwriter and film director. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for his screenplays for the films The Sting (1973) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993), winning for the former. He was also nominated for a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Writers Guild of America Awards."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_S_Ward.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1945-10-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump