James Schamus

Personal Info

Known For Producer

Gender Male

Birthday 1959-09-07 (65 years old)

Place of Birth Detroit, Michigan, USA

James Schamus

Biography

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.

Known For

Producer

2024
We Grown Now

as Executive Producer

2024
McVeigh

as Executive Producer

2021
Somos.

as Executive Producer

2020
Driveways

as Producer

2020
The Assistant

as Producer

2019
The Tomorrow Man

as Producer

2019
Adam

as Producer

2018
Furlough

as Executive Producer

2017
Dayveon

as Executive Producer

2017
Casting JonBenet

as Producer

2016
Junction 48

as Executive Producer

2016
Indignation

as Producer

2016
Alone in Berlin

as Producer

2015
Suffragette

as Executive Producer

2014
2009
Taking Woodstock

as Producer

2007
Lust, Caution

as Executive Producer

2005
Brokeback Mountain

as Producer

2003
Hulk

as Producer

2002
Buffalo Soldiers

as Executive Producer

2002
Auto Focus

as Executive Producer

2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

as Executive Producer

1999
1999
Love God

as Executive Producer

1999
Lola and Billy the Kid

as Executive Producer

1998
Happiness

as Producer

1997
The Ice Storm

as Producer

1997
Office Killer

as Executive Producer

1997
Arresting Gena

as Executive Producer

1997
Wonderland

as Executive Producer

1997
The Myth of Fingerprints

as Executive Producer

1996
1996
She's the One

as Producer

1995
1995
The Brothers McMullen

as Executive Producer

1995
Safe

as Executive Producer

1995
Sense and Sensibility

as Co-Producer

1994
What Happened Was...

as Executive Producer

1994
Eat Drink Man Woman

as Associate Producer

1993
1993
MOTV (My Own TV)

as Coordinating Producer

1993
A Psychic Mom

as Coordinating Producer

1992
Ambition

as Producer

1992
In the Soup

as Associate Producer

1992
Surviving Desire

as Associate Producer

1992
1991
I Was on Mars

as Line Producer

1991
1991
Poison

as Executive Producer

1991
Pushing Hands

as Executive Producer

Writer

The Wedding Banquet

as Original Film Writer

The Wedding Banquet

as Screenplay

2022
The King's Daughter

as Screenplay

2021
Somos.

as Writer

2016
Indignation

as Screenplay

2014
2009
Taking Woodstock

as Screenplay

2007
Lust, Caution

as Screenplay

2003
Hulk

as Story

2003
Hulk

as Screenplay

1999
Ride with the Devil

as Screenplay

1997
The Ice Storm

as Screenplay

1994
Eat Drink Man Woman

as Screenplay

1993
The Wedding Banquet

as Screenplay

1991
Pushing Hands

as Writer

Director

2019
Frames

as Director

2016
Indignation

as Director

2014

Crew

2021
Somos.

as Creator

Creator

2021
Somos.

as Creator