James Schamus
Biography
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 …
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Filmography
Acting (11)
Movies (11)
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021as Self - Screenwriter
Frames
2019as Narrator (voice)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Retrospective
2016
That Film About Money
2014 Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
2013as Self
These Amazing Shadows
2011as Self
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
2011as Himself
A Very Quiet Man
2009as Self
A Sense of Character
2009as Self
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006as Self
Keep It for Yourself
1991Crew (79)
Movies (76)
The Wedding Banquet
2025Original Film Writer
The Wedding Banquet
2025Producer
The Wedding Banquet
2025Screenplay
McVeigh
2024Executive Producer
We Grown Now
2024Executive Producer
Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms
2023Script Consultant
The King's Daughter
2022Screenplay
Driveways
2020Producer
The Assistant
2020Producer
The Tomorrow Man
2019Producer
Frames
2019Director
Adam
2019Producer
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019Director
Furlough
2018Executive Producer
Dayveon
2017Executive Producer
Casting JonBenet
2017Producer
Junction 48
2016Executive Producer
Alone in Berlin
2016Producer
Indignation
2016Director
Indignation
2016Producer
Indignation
2016Screenplay
Suffragette
2015Executive Producer
That Film About Money
2014Director
That Film About Money
2014Producer
That Film About Money
2014Writer
Taking Woodstock
2009Producer
Taking Woodstock
2009Screenplay
Lust, Caution
2007Executive Producer
Lust, Caution
2007Screenplay
Brokeback Mountain
2005Producer
Hulk
2003Producer
Hulk
2003Screenplay
Hulk
2003Story
Buffalo Soldiers
2002Executive Producer
Auto Focus
2002Executive Producer
Tortilla Soup
2001Original Film Writer
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000Executive Producer
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000Lyricist
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000Screenplay
Ride with the Devil
1999Producer
Ride with the Devil
1999Screenplay
Lola and Billy the Kid
1999Executive Producer
Love God
1999Executive Producer
Happiness
1998Executive Producer
The Ice Storm
1997Producer
The Ice Storm
1997Screenplay
Office Killer
1997Executive Producer
The Myth of Fingerprints
1997Executive Producer
Arresting Gena
1997Executive Producer
Wonderland
1997Executive Producer
She's the One
1996Producer
Walking and Talking
1996Producer
Sense and Sensibility
1995Co-Producer
Roy Cohn/Jack Smith
1995Producer
Safe
1995Executive Producer
The Brothers McMullen
1995Executive Producer
Eat Drink Man Woman
1994Associate Producer
Eat Drink Man Woman
1994Screenplay
What Happened Was...
1994Executive Producer
The Wedding Banquet
1993Producer
The Wedding Banquet
1993Screenplay
The Wedding Banquet
1993Writer
A Psychic Mom
1993Coordinating Producer
MOTV (My Own TV)
1993Coordinating Producer
In the Soup
1992Associate Producer
Surviving Desire
1992Associate Producer
Ambition
1992Producer
Thank You and Good Night
1992Producer
Poison
1991Executive Producer
Pushing Hands
1991Executive Producer
Pushing Hands
1991Writer
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
1991Executive Producer
I Was on Mars
1991Line Producer
College Republicans
Director
College Republicans
Producer
Fatale
Producer
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