# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leslie-dixon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:32:59.795Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leslie-dixon"
name: "Leslie Dixon"
slug: "leslie-dixon"
description: "Leslie Dixon is an American screenwriter and film producer. She has written or co‑written more than 20 feature films and first gained recognition in Hollywood with the success of the comedy Outrageous Fortune (1987). Her screen credits include Overboard (1987), Look Who's Talking Now (1993), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Pay It Forward (2000), Freaky Friday (2003), Hairspray (2007) and the thriller Limitless (2011), which she also produced. She is the granddaughter of painter Maynard Dixon and photographer Dorothea Lange."
tagline: "American screenwriter"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.259652
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0228908/"
    handle:    "nm0228908"
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "レスリー・ディクソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ليزلي ديكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ليزلى ديكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Dixon"
    title: "Leslie Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Dixon"
    title: "Leslie Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Dixon"
    title: "Leslie Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Dixon"
    title: "Leslie Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Dixon"
    title: "Leslie Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q516252"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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