# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/scott-wittman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:08:16.308Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/scott-wittman"
name: "Scott Wittman"
slug: "scott-wittman"
description: "Scott Wittman is an American director, lyricist, composer, and writer for Broadway, concerts, and television. He is best known for his collaborations with composer Marc Shaiman on works such as Hairspray and Smash. Wittman has received two Tony Awards nominations, winning one, along with two Grammy wins, one Primetime Emmy Award from four nominations, and an Academy Award nomination."
tagline: "American director, lyricist and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scott_Wittman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-11-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.36
  momentum:             0.2510716472749541
  historical:           7.526930666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0937096/"
    handle:    "nm0937096"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/953386"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Wittman"
    title: "Scott Wittman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Wittman"
    title: "Scott Wittman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Wittman"
    title: "Scott Wittman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Wittman"
    title: "Scott Wittman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Wittman"
    title: "Scott Wittman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%B9_%D9%88%D9%B9_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "سکاٹ وٹ مین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/97247d48-fcb1-4f3d-929a-a0ac3c7b2d44"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4022358"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/963406"
    title: "Scott Wittman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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