# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/desmond-nakano
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:57:58.251Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/desmond-nakano"
name: "Desmond Nakano"
slug: "desmond-nakano"
description: "Desmond Nakano is an American screenwriter and film director. He is Sansei, or third-generation Japanese American. He directed the feature films White Man's Burden (1995) and American Pastime (2007). His writing credits include the screenplays for the dramatic feature films Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) and American Me (1992)."
tagline: "American actor, director, composer and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Desmond_Nakano%2C_1980.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1953"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.501478666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620290/"
    handle:    "nm0620290"
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8E"
    title: "デズモンド・ナカノ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Nakano"
    title: "Desmond Nakano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "ديسموند ناكانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8E%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%86%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%86"
    title: "دێسمۆند ناکانۆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Nakano"
    title: "Desmond Nakano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Nakano"
    title: "Desmond Nakano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Nakano"
    title: "Desmond Nakano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Nakano"
    title: "Desmond Nakano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5264772"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73494"
    title: "Desmond Nakano"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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