# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-kelly
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:07:05.419Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-kelly"
name: "Richard Kelly"
slug: "richard-kelly"
description: "James Richard Kelly is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He wrote and directed the films Donnie Darko (2001), Southland Tales (2006), and The Box (2009)."
tagline: "American film director and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Kelly_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1975-03-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.37
  momentum:             5.301381946486329
  historical:           21.09367333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446819/"
    handle:    "nm0446819"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ричард Кели"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kelly_(Regisseur)"
    title: "Richard Kelly (Regisseur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kelly_(filmmaker)"
    title: "Richard Kelly (filmmaker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Kelly"
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    title: "Ռիչարդ Քելլի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "リチャード・ケリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "რიჩარდ კელი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Келли, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kelly_(y%C3%B6netmen)"
    title: "Richard Kelly (yönetmen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kelly_(nh%C3%A0_l%C3%A0m_phim)"
    title: "Richard Kelly (nhà làm phim)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E5%AF%9F%C2%B7%E5%87%B1%E5%88%A9"
    title: "李察·凱利"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Richard Kelly"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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