# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/desson-thomson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:07:53.332Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/desson-thomson"
name: "Desson Thomson"
slug: "desson-thomson"
description: "Desson Patrick Thomson is an American journalist, film critic, and former government speechwriter. He is known for his long tenure as a film critic for The Washington Post and his later work as a speechwriter for the U.S. Department of State during the Obama administration.\nHe also served as the Director of Executive Communications for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the principal lobbying organization for the U.S. film industry."
tagline: "American speechwriter"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1958"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.2
  momentum:             7.422680412371133
  historical:           9.615552000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Desson_Thomson"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ديسون ثومسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desson_Thomson"
    title: "Desson Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دژان تامسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desson_Howe"
    title: "Desson Howe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desson_Thomson"
    title: "Desson Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desson_Thomson"
    title: "Desson Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desson_Thomson"
    title: "Desson Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Томсон, Дессон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desson_Thomson"
    title: "Desson Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Дессон Томсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3024639"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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