# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-whitesell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:48:20.811Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-whitesell"
name: "John Whitesell"
slug: "john-whitesell"
description: "John Patrick Whitesell is an American television and film director. He has directed numerous films such as Calendar Girl, Big Momma's House 2 and Holidate. He started his career as a film director in 1993."
tagline: "American television and film director"
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: "1961-07-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.116814666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/john.whitesell/"
    handle:    "john.whitesell"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925870/"
    handle:    "nm0925870"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%B9%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "جان وائٹسیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جون وايتيسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitesell"
    title: "John Whitesell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitesell"
    title: "John Whitesell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%84"
    title: "جان وایتسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitesell"
    title: "John Whitesell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitesell"
    title: "John Whitesell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ジョン・ホワイトセル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitesell"
    title: "John Whitesell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923930"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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