# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ricky-lee
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:29:29.735Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ricky-lee"
name: "Ricky Lee"
slug: "ricky-lee"
description: "Ricardo Arreola Lee ONA is a Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright. Starting in 1973, he has written more than 180 film screenplays and collaborated with many of the Philippines' most notable film directors, including Lino Brocka, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, and Ishmael Bernal. Many of his films he written have been screened in international film festivals, including Cannes, Toronto, and Berlin, among others."
tagline: "Filipino screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ricky_Lee_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1948-03-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.65
  momentum:             6.856335405071789
  historical:           6.462388
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498080/"
    handle:    "nm0498080"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2859241"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "ريكي لي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Lee"
    title: "Ricardo Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Lee"
    title: "Ricky Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Lee"
    title: "Ricky Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Lee"
    title: "Ricardo Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ricky_Lee"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7332121"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1206525"
    title: "Ricky Lee"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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