# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-mcdowell-q276817
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:21:05.912Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-mcdowell-q276817"
name: "Michael McDowell"
slug: "michael-mcdowell-q276817"
description: "Michael McEachern McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter. He was described by Stephen King as \"the finest writer of paperback originals in America today.\" His best-known work is the screenplay for the Tim Burton film Beetlejuice."
tagline: "American novelist and screenwriter (1950-1999)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Michael_McDowell_%28author%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950-06-01"
deathDate: "1999-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.93
  momentum:             0.07170946102243812
  historical:           11.24682133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568313/"
    handle:    "nm0568313"
sources:
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    title: "麥可·麥克道維爾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مايكل ماكدويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McDowell"
    title: "Michael McDowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McDowell_(Autor)"
    title: "Michael McDowell (Autor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McDowell_(author)"
    title: "Michael McDowell (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McDowell"
    title: "Michael McDowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McDowell_(idazlea)"
    title: "Michael McDowell (idazlea)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McDowell_(%C3%A9crivain)"
    title: "Michael McDowell (écrivain)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McDowell_(%C3%ADr%C3%B3)"
    title: "Michael McDowell (író)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McDowell"
    title: "Michael McDowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Макдауэлл, Майкл"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238230"
    title: "Michael McDowell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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