# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-hamm
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:58:29.864Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-hamm"
name: "Sam Hamm"
slug: "sam-hamm"
description: "Sam Hamm is an American screenwriter and comic book writer. Hamm is known for writing the initial drafts of the screenplay for Batman (1989) before those duties were handed over to Warren Skaaren. He also received a story credit for Batman Returns, though the final version of the film differs significantly from his ideas."
tagline: "American screenwriter"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1955-11-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.856592
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358334/"
    handle:    "nm0358334"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hamm"
    title: "Sam Hamm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "سام هام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hamm"
    title: "Sam Hamm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hamm"
    title: "Sam Hamm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hamm"
    title: "Sam Hamm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "سام هام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hamm"
    title: "Sam Hamm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hamm"
    title: "Sam Hamm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hamm"
    title: "Sam Hamm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%BC%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC"
    title: "Хэмм, Сэм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hamm"
    title: "Sam Hamm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2463237"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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