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James Schamus

Screenwriter / Film Producer / Film Director / Television Producer | * 09/07/1959 (64) | Detroit, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
James Allan Schamus (born September 7, 1959) is an American screenwriter, producer, business executive, film historian, professor, and director. He is a frequent collaborator of Ang Lee, the co-founder of the production company Good Machine, and the co-founder and former CEO of motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company Focus Features, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal. He is currently president of the New York–based production company Symbolic Exchange, and is Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University, where he has taught film history and theory since 1989. ()
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James Allan Schamus is an American screenwriter, co-founder of Good Machine production company, and the CEO of Focus Features, the motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company, until its merging with FilmDistrict. His output includes writing or co-writing The Ice Storm, Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hulk (all directed by Ang Lee), and producing Brokeback Mountain and Alone in Berlin. At Focus he oversaw the production and distribution of Lost in Translation, Milk, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Coraline, The Kids Are All Right. He is Professor of Professional Practice in Columbia University's School of the Arts, where he teaches film history and theory.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for James Schamus

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Picture
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Movies with James Schamus as Actor(6)

Movies with James Schamus as Crew(65)

Directing/Director2023 College Republicans
Production/Producer2023 College Republicans
Writing/Script Consultant2023 Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms
Production/Executive Producer2023 We Grown Now
Writing/Screenplay2022 The King's Daughter
Production/Producer2020 Driveways
Production/Producer2020 The Assistant
Production/Producer2019 Adam
Production/Producer2019 The Tomorrow Man
Production/Executive Producer2018 Furlough
Production/Executive Producer2017 Junction 48
Production/Executive Producer2017 Dayveon
Production/Producer2017 Casting JonBenet
Production/Producer2016 Alone in Berlin
Directing/Director2016 Indignation
Production/Producer2016 Indignation
Writing/Screenplay2016 Indignation
Production/Executive Producer2015 Suffragette
Directing/Director2014 That Film About Money
Production/Producer2014 That Film About Money
Writing/Writer2014 That Film About Money
Production/Producer2009 Taking Woodstock
Writing/Screenplay2009 Taking Woodstock
Production/Executive Producer2007 Lust, Caution
Writing/Screenplay2007 Lust, Caution
Production/Producer2005 Brokeback Mountain
Production/Producer2003 Hulk
Writing/Screenplay2003 Hulk
Writing/Story2003 Hulk
Production/Executive Producer2002 Buffalo Soldiers
Production/Executive Producer2002 Auto Focus
Production/Executive Producer2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Writing/Screenplay2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Production/Executive Producer1999 Lola and Billy the Kid
Production/Producer1999 Ride with the Devil
Writing/Screenplay1999 Ride with the Devil
Production/Executive Producer1999 Love God
Production/Producer1998 Happiness
Production/Executive Producer1997 The Myth of Fingerprints
Production/Executive Producer1997 Office Killer
Production/Executive Producer1997 Arresting Gena
Production/Producer1997 The Ice Storm
Writing/Screenplay1997 The Ice Storm
Production/Executive Producer1997 Wonderland
Production/Producer1996 She's the One
Production/Producer1996 Walking and Talking
Production/Executive Producer1995 The Brothers McMullen
Production/Co-Producer1995 Sense and Sensibility
Production/Producer1995 Roy Cohn/Jack Smith
Production/Executive Producer1995 Safe
Production/Executive Producer1994 What Happened Was...
Production/Associate Producer1994 Eat Drink Man Woman
Writing/Screenplay1994 Eat Drink Man Woman
Production/Coordinating Producer1993 A Psychic Mom
Production/Producer1993 The Wedding Banquet
Writing/Screenplay1993 The Wedding Banquet
Production/Associate Producer1992 Surviving Desire
Production/Producer1992 Thank You and Good Night
Production/Associate Producer1992 In the Soup
Production/Executive Producer1991 Poison
Production/Line Producer1991 I Was on Mars
Production/Producer1991 Ambition
Production/Executive Producer1991 Pushing Hands
Writing/Writer1991 Pushing Hands

TV Shows/Series with James Schamus as Crew(4)

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Crew/Creator2021 Somos.
Creator/Creator2021 Somos.

Full Name: James Schamus
Born: Monday, 09/07 1959 (September) in Detroit, Michigan (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 64 years + 204 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of California, Berkeley
Employer: Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley
Member of: jury
Spouses (current/former): Nancy Kricorian
James Schamus frequently works together with these people:
Ang Lee (24x, Crew)
Ted Hope (22x, Crew)
Eugene Gearty (10x, Crew)
Tim Squyres (10x, Crew)
Avy Kaufman (9x, Crew)
Reilly Steele (9x, Crew)
Edward Burns (8x, Actor)
Todd Haynes (7x, Crew)
Anthony Bregman (7x, Crew)
Joe Pirro (7x, Crew)
Drew Kunin (7x, Crew)
Monika Revilla (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:6214, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024