# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-vanderbilt
# Generated: 2026-09-01T10:22:22.728Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-vanderbilt"
name: "James Vanderbilt"
slug: "james-vanderbilt"
description: "James Platten Vanderbilt is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for writing the films Zodiac (2007), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel, and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). He co-wrote, produced, and co-storied Scream (2022), its 2023 sequel and its 2026 sequel. Vanderbilt contributed as producer for several films, including The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018), Ready or Not (2019) and Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026)."
tagline: "American screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2025_James_Vanderbilt_-_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1975-11-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0888743"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump