James Schamus
American filmmaker · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1959 · age 67
James Allan Schamus is an American screenwriter, producer, business executive, film historian, professor, and director.
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The BoroughsSeries, Writer
Son-in-LawFilm, 2026Writer, Producer2022
The King's DaughterFilm, Writer2021
Somos.Series, Writer, Creator2020
DrivewaysFilm, Producer2018
FurloughFilm, Producer2016
Alone in BerlinFilm, Producer2011
These Amazing ShadowsFilm2007
Lust, CautionFilm, Writer, Producer2006
Fabulous! The Story of Queer CinemaFilm2003
HulkFilm, Writer, Producer2001Hugo Award for Best Dramatic PresentationAward2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonFilm, Writer, Producer1998
HappinessFilm, Producer1997Best Screenplay AwardAward1996
She's the OneFilm, Producer1994
Eat Drink Man WomanFilm, Writer1991
PoisonFilm, Producer1959Born7 September 1959People around James
Ang Lee Directed Pushing Hands and The Wedding Banquet
Ted Hope Also in Pushing Hands and The Wedding Banquet
Tobey Maguire James produced The Ice Storm (1997)
Emma Thompson James produced Sense and Sensibility (1996)
Allison Janney James produced The Ice Storm (1997)
Liev Schreiber James produced Taking Woodstock (2010)
Imelda Staunton James produced Sense and Sensibility (1996)
Tom Wilkinson James produced Sense and Sensibility (1996)
Joan Chen James produced Lust, Caution (2007)
Blythe Danner James produced The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
Celia Weston James produced Hulk and Ride with the Devil
Winston Chao James produced The Wedding Banquet (1993)
David Linde Also in Happiness and Ride with the Devil
Stefan Arndt Produced Indignation (2016)
Andrew Ahn Directed The Wedding Banquet (2025)
Brendan Gleeson James produced Alone in Berlin (2016)
Tracy Letts James directed Indignation (2017)
James LeGros James produced The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)- Alice Drummond James produced Walking and Talking (1997)
Lars Rudolph James produced Alone in Berlin (2016)
Glenn Fitzgerald James produced The Ice Storm (1997)
Sigourney Weaver James produced The Ice Storm (1997)
Stan Lee James produced Hulk (2003)
Alan Rickman James produced Sense and Sensibility (1996)
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Brokeback Mountain 2005
Eat Drink Man Woman 1994
These Amazing Shadows 2011
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000
Happiness 1998
Filmography 40
96 credits on file
Television 2
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
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.
