James Schamus
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.
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ProductionBirthday
September 7, 1959Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
63Place of birth
Detroit, Michigan, USACast credits
Crew credits
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Screenplay, Executive ProducerBrokeback Mountain
ProducerHulk
Producer, Screenplay, StoryEat Drink Man Woman
Screenplay, Associate ProducerHappiness
ProducerLust, Caution
Screenplay, Executive ProducerRide with the Devil
Producer, ScreenplayPushing Hands
Writer, Executive ProducerBuffalo Soldiers
Executive ProducerThe Wedding Banquet
Producer, ScreenplayTaking Woodstock
Screenplay, ProducerWhat Happened Was...
Executive ProducerRoy Cohn/Jack Smith
ProducerWalking and Talking
ProducerThe Ice Storm
Producer, ScreenplayIndignation
Director, Screenplay, ProducerJunction 48
Executive ProducerOffice Killer
Executive ProducerIn the Soup
Associate ProducerThat Film About Money
Writer, Producer, DirectorSurviving Desire
Associate Producer