# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norman-panama
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:48:07.644Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norman-panama"
name: "Norman Panama"
slug: "norman-panama"
description: "Norman Kaye Panama was an American screenwriter, film producer and film director. He is known for his partnership with Melvin Frank and their work on films such as Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), White Christmas (1954), and The Court Jester (1956). Without Frank, he directed films such as How to Commit Marriage (1969)."
tagline: "American film director and screenwriter (1914-2003)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/Norman_Panama.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1914-04-21"
deathDate: "2003-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.62
  momentum:             7.712371466446919
  historical:           10.75255733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0659085/"
    handle:    "nm0659085"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "نورمان پاناما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Norman Panama"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Panama"
    title: "Norman Panama"
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    title: "نورمن پاناما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Panama"
    title: "Norman Panama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Panama"
    title: "Norman Panama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Panama"
    title: "Norman Panama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Panama"
    title: "Norman Panama"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump