# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-nelson
# Generated: 2026-09-03T12:23:15.295Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-nelson"
name: "Ralph Nelson"
slug: "ralph-nelson"
description: "Ralph Leo Nelson was an American film and television director, producer, writer, and actor. He was best known for directing Lilies of the Field (1963), Father Goose (1964), and Charly (1968), films which won Academy Awards."
tagline: "American film and television director (1916–1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Ralph_Nelson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1916-08-12"
deathDate: "1987-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.902384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0625680"
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    title: "Ralph Nelson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump