# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herbert-wright-q3133521
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:09:16.867Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herbert-wright-q3133521"
name: "Herbert Wright"
slug: "herbert-wright-q3133521"
description: "Herbert J. Wright was a science fiction author and television director and producer. He was born in Keokuk, Iowa. His most notable works were Star Trek: The Next Generation and War of the Worlds. He directed a few episodes of the latter series and wrote and directed the season finale \"The Angel of Death,\" which guest-starred his second wife Elaine Giftos. Among Star Trek fans he is known as the \"Father of the Ferengi\"."
tagline: "American television producer (1947-2005)"
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: "1947-11-09"
deathDate: "2005-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.02
  momentum:             8.712273641851107
  historical:           3.948885333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002724/"
    handle:    "nm0002724"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "هربرت رايت (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Wright_(producer)"
    title: "Herbert Wright (producer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Wright"
    title: "Herbert Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3133521"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219330"
    title: "Herbert Wright"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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