# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-d-zanuck
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:34:54.569Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-d-zanuck"
name: "Richard D. Zanuck"
slug: "richard-d-zanuck"
description: "Richard Darryl Zanuck was an American film producer. His 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy won the Academy Award for Best Picture. He was also instrumental in launching the career of director Steven Spielberg, who described Zanuck as a \"director's producer\" and \"one of the most honorable and loyal men of our profession.\""
tagline: "American film producer (1934–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_D._Zanuck_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1934-12-13"
deathDate: "2012-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump