# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-nicholson-q706935
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:28:09.118Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-nicholson-q706935"
name: "William Nicholson"
slug: "william-nicholson-q706935"
description: "William Benedict Nicholson is a British screenwriter, playwright, and novelist who has been nominated twice for an Oscar."
tagline: "British screenwriter, playwright and novelist (1948-)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1948-01-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.59
  momentum:             2.889908256880734
  historical:           14.97736666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://williamnicholson.co.uk"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629933/"
    handle:    "nm0629933"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Уилям Никълсън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nicholson_(Schriftsteller)"
    title: "William Nicholson (Schriftsteller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nicholson_(writer)"
    title: "William Nicholson (writer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nicholson_(escritor)"
    title: "William Nicholson (escritor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ویلیام نیکلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nicholson"
    title: "William Nicholson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nicholson_(%C3%A9crivain)"
    title: "William Nicholson (écrivain)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nicholson_(sceneggiatore)"
    title: "William Nicholson (sceneggiatore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3_(%E8%84%9A%E6%9C%AC%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "ウィリアム・ニコルソン (脚本家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%EB%8B%88%EC%BB%AC%EC%8A%A8"
    title: "윌리엄 니컬슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nicholson_(pisarz)"
    title: "William Nicholson (pisarz)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nicholson_(roteirista)"
    title: "William Nicholson (roteirista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Nicholson"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706935"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2299119"
    title: "William Nicholson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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