# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/declan-donnellan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:55:33.170Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/declan-donnellan"
name: "Declan Donnellan"
slug: "declan-donnellan"
description: "Declan Michael Martin Donnellan is an English film/stage director and author. He co-founded the Cheek by Jowl theatre company with Nick Ormerod in 1981. In addition to his Cheek by Jowl productions, Donnellan has made theatre, opera and ballet with a variety of companies across the world. In 1992, he received an honorary degree from the University of Warwick and in 2004 he was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his work in France. In 2010, he was made an honorary fellow of Goldsmiths' College, University of London. Donnellan was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to theatre."
tagline: "British theatre director (born 1953)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
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birthDate: "1953-08-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.278424397771559
  historical:           8.099138666666667
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  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077950/"
    handle:    "nm3077950"
sources:
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    title: "Declan Donnellan"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declan_Donnellan"
    title: "Declan Donnellan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declan_Donnellan"
    title: "Declan Donnellan"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declan_Donnellan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump