# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-mcnaughton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:05:20.693Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-mcnaughton"
name: "John McNaughton"
slug: "john-mcnaughton"
description: "John McNaughton is an American film and television director, best known for directing the controversial Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) and Wild Things (1998). His works encompass a wide array of genres such as horror, thriller, drama and comedy. Other directorial credits include The Borrower (1991), Mad Dog and Glory (1993), and Normal Life (1996)."
tagline: "American film and television director"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/7hCmWD64IdbYiBX93KfgKsFbuFB.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: "1950-01-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.6
  momentum:             0.5363528009535162
  historical:           14.99036266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573796/"
    handle:    "nm0573796"
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    title: "John McNaughton"
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    title: "John McNaughton"
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    title: "جان مک‌ناتن"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump