# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-ponsoldt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:20:08.387Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-ponsoldt"
name: "James Ponsoldt"
slug: "james-ponsoldt"
description: "James Ponsoldt is an American film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed the drama films Off the Black (2006) and Smashed (2012), the romantic comedy-drama The Spectacular Now (2013), and the dramas The End of the Tour (2015) and The Circle (2017)."
tagline: "American film director, actor and screenwriter (born 1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Ponsoldt_at_Festival_de_deauville_2012.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: "1978"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.03614933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1242054"
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    title: "James Ponsoldt"
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    title: "James Ponsoldt"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump