# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-nelson-jacobs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:24:59.696Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-nelson-jacobs"
name: "Robert Nelson Jacobs"
slug: "robert-nelson-jacobs"
description: "Robert Nelson Jacobs is an American screenwriter. In 2000, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for Chocolat. Jacobs is a board member and past president of the Writers Guild Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting and preserving the craft of writing for the screen."
tagline: "American screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RNJ_headshot_8-21-15.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.12
  momentum:             6.26865671641791
  historical:           7.213212
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414608/"
    handle:    "nm0414608"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nelson_Jacobs"
    title: "Robert Nelson Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "روبرت نيلسون جاكوبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nelson_Jacobs"
    title: "Robert Nelson Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nelson_Jacobs"
    title: "Robert Nelson Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%86%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B2"
    title: "رابرت نلسون جاکوبز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nelson_Jacobs"
    title: "Robert Nelson Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nelson_Jacobs"
    title: "Robert Nelson Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1355139"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5308"
    title: "Robert Nelson Jacobs"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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