# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maya-forbes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:35:07.659Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maya-forbes"
name: "Maya Forbes"
slug: "maya-forbes"
description: "Maya Forbes is an American screenwriter and television producer. She made her debut as a film director with Infinitely Polar Bear (2014). Her other writing credits include the screenplay of The Rocker (2008) and many episodes of The Larry Sanders Show. She was a co-executive producer of The Larry Sanders Show in its later seasons and executive producer of the sitcom The Naked Truth."
tagline: "American screenwriter and director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maya_Forbes_(2014).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1968-07-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.252452
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285379/"
    handle:    "nm0285379"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "مايا فوربس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "مايا فوربس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Forbes"
    title: "Maya Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Forbes"
    title: "Maya Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Forbes"
    title: "Maya Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Forbes"
    title: "Maya Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Forbes"
    title: "Maya Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Forbes"
    title: "Maya Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "مایا فوربس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18358288"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67360"
    title: "Maya Forbes"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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