{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/56413/john-burnham-schwartz",
  "name": "John Burnham Schwartz",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/56413/john-burnham-schwartz",
  "knownForDepartment": "Writing",
  "description": "John Burnham Schwartz is an American novelist and screenwriter. Schwartz is best known for his novels Reservation Road and The Commoner. His fifth novel, Northwest Corner, a sequel to Reservation Road, was published in 2011.\n\nDescription above from the Wikipedia article John Burnham Schwartz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​",
  "birthPlace": "New York City, New York, USA",
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pUBlyX8oLcc66LP4rw10iAf6Lp2.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2331718"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "5 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 8954,
      "title": "Reservation Road",
      "year": "2007",
      "role": "Novel",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pZaYofgshgEkeW4Huo3o6tEX89C.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/8954/reservation-road-2007"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 363992,
      "title": "The Wizard of Lies",
      "year": "2017",
      "role": "Screenplay",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.605,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8k4lJ4e0hvDQtKpItXmmPdw69sO.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/363992/the-wizard-of-lies-2017"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 992979,
      "title": "Assassination",
      "year": null,
      "role": "Executive Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/992979/assassination"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 251987,
      "title": "A Short History of Decay",
      "year": "2014",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 5.2,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/4GksGONPwWiJQ3V0wLjx2BMTmKb.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/251987/a-short-history-of-decay-2014"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 396656,
      "title": "Even Though the Whole World Is Burning",
      "year": "2014",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/AgQ7F7KKCxJFsOfddLTZylpUuOq.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/396656/even-though-the-whole-world-is-burning-2014"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1109291,
      "title": "W.S. Merwin: To Plant a Tree",
      "year": "2016",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 10,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/x2JCK2rQy20ruXKwiwoObt7XHu8.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1109291/w-s-merwin-to-plant-a-tree-2016"
    }
  ]
}