# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-laverty
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:14:44.638Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-laverty"
name: "Paul Laverty"
slug: "paul-laverty"
description: "Paul Laverty is an Irish and Scottish screenwriter and lawyer. He is best known for his collaborations with Ken Loach, including the screenplays for the Palme d'Or winning films The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) and I, Daniel Blake (2016)."
tagline: "Irish-Scottish screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Laverty_006.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-04-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.46055733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0491956"
sources:
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    title: "Paul Laverty"
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    title: "Paul Laverty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Laverty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Laverty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Laverty"
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    title: "Paul Laverty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Laverty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Paul Laverty"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump