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
| Birth Location | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
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| Born | 1959-09-07 |
Movies
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
as Self - Screenwriter
2021
Frames
as Narrator (voice)
2019
2013
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
as Himself
2011
These Amazing Shadows
as Self
2011
2006
The Incredible Ang Lee
as Self
2003
1991
Movies
We Grown Now
Executive Producer
2024
Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms
Script Consultant
2023
The King's Daughter
Screenplay
2022
Driveways
Producer
2020
The Assistant
Producer
2020
Frames
Director
2019
2019
Adam
Producer
2019
The Tomorrow Man
Producer
2019
Furlough
Executive Producer
2018
Dayveon
Executive Producer
2017
Casting JonBenet
Producer
2017
Indignation
Producer
2016
Indignation
Screenplay
2016
Indignation
Director
2016
Junction 48
Executive Producer
2016
Alone in Berlin
Producer
2016
Suffragette
Executive Producer
2015
That Film About Money
Producer
2014
That Film About Money
Director
2014
That Film About Money
Writer
2014
Taking Woodstock
Producer
2009
Taking Woodstock
Screenplay
2009
Lust, Caution
Executive Producer
2007
Lust, Caution
Screenplay
2007
Brokeback Mountain
Producer
2005
Hulk
Screenplay
2003
Hulk
Story
2003
Hulk
Producer
2003
Buffalo Soldiers
Executive Producer
2002
Auto Focus
Executive Producer
2002
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Executive Producer
2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Screenplay
2000
Love God
Executive Producer
1999
Ride with the Devil
Producer
1999
Ride with the Devil
Screenplay
1999
Lola and Billy the Kid
Executive Producer
1999
Happiness
Producer
1998
Office Killer
Executive Producer
1997
Wonderland
Executive Producer
1997
The Myth of Fingerprints
Executive Producer
1997
The Ice Storm
Screenplay
1997
The Ice Storm
Producer
1997
Arresting Gena
Executive Producer
1997
She's the One
Producer
1996
Walking and Talking
Producer
1996
Sense and Sensibility
Co-Producer
1995
The Brothers McMullen
Executive Producer
1995
Roy Cohn/Jack Smith
Producer
1995
Safe
Executive Producer
1995
What Happened Was...
Executive Producer
1994
Eat Drink Man Woman
Associate Producer
1994
Eat Drink Man Woman
Screenplay
1994
A Psychic Mom
Coordinating Producer
1993
The Wedding Banquet
Producer
1993
The Wedding Banquet
Screenplay
1993
MOTV (My Own TV)
Coordinating Producer
1993
In the Soup
Associate Producer
1992
Ambition
Producer
1992
Thank You and Good Night
Producer
1992
Surviving Desire
Associate Producer
1992
Pushing Hands
Executive Producer
1991
Pushing Hands
Writer
1991
I Was on Mars
Line Producer
1991
Poison
Executive Producer
1991
The Wedding Banquet
Screenplay
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The Wedding Banquet
Producer
-
McVeigh
Executive Producer
-
College Republicans
Producer
-
College Republicans
Director
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