# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-shelton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:52:12.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-shelton"
name: "Ron Shelton"
slug: "ron-shelton"
description: "Ronald Wayne Shelton is an American film director and screenwriter and former minor league baseball infielder. Shelton is known for the many films he has made about sports. His 1988 film Bull Durham, based in part on his own baseball experiences, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/eUzRfBeh2Fn6dJtmlvLO42XuYgt.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1945-09-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.296829873722514
  historical:           13.75480533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0005421"
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    title: "Ron Shelton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ron Shelton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ron Shelton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump