# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-j-weithorn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:15:59.334Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-j-weithorn"
name: "Michael J. Weithorn"
slug: "michael-j-weithorn"
description: "Michael J. Weithorn is an American writer, director, and producer whose works include the sitcom The King of Queens."
tagline: "American screenwriter and director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_J._Weithorn_The_Best_You_Can-48.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1956-12-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49
  momentum:             20.00327011118378
  historical:           5.349250666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919352/"
    handle:    "nm0919352"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Weithorn"
    title: "Michael J. Weithorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87._%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "مايكل جيه. ويثورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Weithorn"
    title: "Michael J. Weithorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Weithorn"
    title: "Michael J. Weithorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%AC%DB%92_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%DA%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "مائیکل جے ویتھورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6831525"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/167889"
    title: "Michael J. Weithorn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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