# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-weiland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:21:32.112Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-weiland"
name: "Paul Weiland"
slug: "paul-weiland"
description: "Paul Weiland OBE is an English film and television director, writer, and producer. Weiland is a director and producer of television commercials in the UK, having made over 500 commercials, including a popular and long-running series for Walkers crisps. He has also directed several British television series, including Alas Smith and Jones (1989–1992) and Mr. Bean (1991–1992). His feature film credits include Made of Honor (2008), Sixty Six (2006), Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999), Roseanna's Grave (1997), City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994) and Leonard Part 6 (1987)."
tagline: "British directory and screenwriter"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/wxoHYTMum30XGPVup3NrUj5wsmh.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1953-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.92
  momentum:             1.888980944490472
  historical:           9.05166
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0917992/"
    handle:    "nm0917992"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b43e2416-a3d5-453f-8f10-358ed1fae1ce"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "باول ويلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "پول ويلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weiland"
    title: "Paul Weiland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weiland"
    title: "Paul Weiland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weiland"
    title: "Paul Weiland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%84_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "پل ویلند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weiland"
    title: "Paul Weiland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weiland"
    title: "Paul Weiland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weiland"
    title: "Paul Weiland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3372411"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66548"
    title: "Paul Weiland"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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