# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neil-paterson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:23:29.256Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neil-paterson"
name: "Neil Paterson"
slug: "neil-paterson"
description: "James Edmund Neil Paterson was a Scottish writer of novels, short stories and screenplays. He won the 1959 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Room at the Top. Before his success as a writer, he worked in journalism and had a brief career as an amateur footballer, playing for Buckie Thistle, Leith Athletic and Dundee United in the Scottish Football League."
tagline: "Scottish screenwriter (1916-1995)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1916-12-31"
deathDate: "1995-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.541001333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665513/"
    handle:    "nm0665513"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Paterson_(scenarzysta)"
    title: "Neil Paterson (scenarzysta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "نيل پاتيرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%BE%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "نیل پترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Paterson"
    title: "Neil Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Paterson_(writer)"
    title: "Neil Paterson (writer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%BE%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "نیل پترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Paterson"
    title: "Neil Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Paterson"
    title: "Neil Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Paterson"
    title: "Neil Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Paterson"
    title: "Neil Paterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q364398"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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