# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lawrence-kasdan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:30:21.821Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lawrence-kasdan"
name: "Lawrence Kasdan"
slug: "lawrence-kasdan"
description: "Lawrence Edward Kasdan is an American filmmaker. He wrote and directed Body Heat (1981), The Big Chill (1983), Silverado (1985), The Accidental Tourist (1988), and Dreamcatcher (2003). Kasdan also wrote Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and The Bodyguard (1992). Kasdan co-wrote four Star Wars films: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), The Force Awakens (2015), and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)."
tagline: "American film director and film producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lawrence_Kasdan_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-01-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump