# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-donner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:10:49.985Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-donner"
name: "Richard Donner"
slug: "richard-donner"
description: "Richard Donner was an American filmmaker. Described as \"one of Hollywood's most reliable makers of action blockbusters\", Donner directed some of the most financially successful films of the 1970s and 1980s. His career spanning more than six decades crossed genres and influenced trends among filmmakers across the world."
tagline: "American film director (1930–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Donner_(4505771045)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1930-04-24"
deathDate: "2021-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  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