# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/trevanian
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:43:55.756Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/trevanian"
name: "Trevanian"
slug: "trevanian"
description: "Rodney William Whitaker was an American film scholar and writer who wrote several novels under the pen name Trevanian. Whitaker wrote in a wide variety of genres, achieved bestseller status, and published under several other names, as well, including Nicholas Seare, Beñat Le Cagot, and Edoard Moran. He published the nonfiction book The Language of Film under his own name."
tagline: "American film scholar and writer (1931-2005)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-06-12"
deathDate: "2005-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.88
  momentum:             15
  historical:           13.48874533333333
  currentAttention:     6
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872347/"
    handle:    "nm0872347"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "تريڤانيان"
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    title: "Trevanian"
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    title: "Trevanian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Trevanian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevanian"
    title: "Trevanian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "トレヴェニアン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85783"
    title: "Trevanian"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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