# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-williamson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:16:21.838Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-williamson"
name: "David Williamson"
slug: "david-williamson"
description: "David Keith Williamson is an Australian playwright, who has also worked in film and television. He became known in the early 1970s with his political comic drama Don's Party, and subsequently wrote the plays The Club, Travelling North, and Emerald City. He is also known for writing the 1981 war film Gallipolli."
tagline: "Australian dramatist and playwright"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Williamson_1972_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1942-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.57
  momentum:             7.829628059960013
  historical:           7.250976
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932011/"
    handle:    "nm0932011"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.davidwilliamsonplaywright.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2428059"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "ديفيد ويليامسون (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ديفيد ويليامسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Williamson"
    title: "David Williamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Williamson"
    title: "David Williamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Williamson"
    title: "David Williamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Williamson"
    title: "David Williamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4_(%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3)"
    title: "Уильямсон, Дэвид (драматург)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q968980"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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