# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ryan-butler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:31:56.014Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ryan-butler"
name: "Ryan Butler"
slug: "ryan-butler"
description: "Ryan Townsend Butler is an American politician and filmmaker. He directed the first documentary about same-sex marriage to air on national television in the United States, is the former president of the LGBT Democrats of North Carolina and is a former member of the Democratic National Committee."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ryan_Butler.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: "1979-06-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.69
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.604932
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1037425/"
    handle:    "nm1037425"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.RyanButler.net"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5955027"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "ريان باتلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "ريان باتلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Butler"
    title: "Ryan Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%B0"
    title: "ਰਿਆਨ ਬਟਲਰ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%B9%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "ریان بٹلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Butler"
    title: "Ryan Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7383928"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3942904"
    title: "Ryan Butler"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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