# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugh-wilson-q968324
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:32:02.653Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugh-wilson-q968324"
name: "Hugh Wilson"
slug: "hugh-wilson-q968324"
description: "Hugh Hamilton Wilson Jr. was an American film director, writer and television showrunner. He was the creator of the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati and Frank's Place, and was the director of the film comedies Police Academy and The First Wives Club."
tagline: "American director, writer and actor (1943-2018)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/h4P3b9XgclNpRr4TDCyBzdAe9C5.jpg"
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: "1943-08-21"
deathDate: "2018-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.02
  momentum:             13.20790216368768
  historical:           16.177804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933505/"
    handle:    "nm0933505"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/702017"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Wilson_(regisseur)"
    title: "Hugh Wilson (regisseur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "هيو ويلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "هيو ويلسون (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Wilson"
    title: "Hugh Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Wilson_(director)"
    title: "Hugh Wilson (director)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "هیو ویلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Wilson"
    title: "Hugh Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Wilson"
    title: "Hugh Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Wilson_(filmrendez%C5%91)"
    title: "Hugh Wilson (filmrendező)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Wilson"
    title: "Hugh Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3_(%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E7%9B%A3%E7%9D%A3)"
    title: "ヒュー・ウィルソン (映画監督)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Wilson"
    title: "Hugh Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Wilson_(regizor)"
    title: "Hugh Wilson (regizor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A5%D1%8C%D1%8E"
    title: "Уилсон, Хью"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Wilson"
    title: "Hugh Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Wilson"
    title: "Hugh Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86_(%DA%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%B9%D8%B1)"
    title: "ہیو ولسن (ڈائریکٹر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/86b54541-c2db-4a1b-9d4d-bc0f029fd056"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q968324"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28904"
    title: "Hugh Wilson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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