# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-wang
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:23:56.520Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-wang"
name: "Wayne Wang"
slug: "wayne-wang"
description: "Wayne Wang is a Hong Kong-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Considered a pioneer of Asian-American cinema, he was one of the first Chinese-American filmmakers to gain a major foothold in Hollywood. His films, often independently produced, deal with issues of contemporary Asian-American culture and domestic life."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WAYNEWANG1980SF.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: "1949-01-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.88209066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911061/"
    handle:    "nm0911061"
sources:
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    title: "Wayne Wang"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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