# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dudley-nichols
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:04:10.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dudley-nichols"
name: "Dudley Nichols"
slug: "dudley-nichols"
description: "Dudley Nichols was an American screenwriter and film director. He was the first person to decline an Academy Award, as part of a boycott to gain recognition for the Screen Writers Guild; he would later accept his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1938."
tagline: "American screenwriter (1895-1960)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1895-04-06"
deathDate: "1960-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.4225352112676056
  historical:           15.96864933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629580/"
    handle:    "nm0629580"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dudley Nichols"
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    title: "Dudley Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dudley Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dudley Nichols"
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    title: "Dudley Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Nichols"
    title: "Dudley Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dudley Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump