Schamus, James

Autor: Schamus, James
Rok: 1959-

Biogr./Hist. údaje: Americký producent a scenárista.
Zdroj: Autoritní databáze Národní knihovny ČR

James Allan Schamus (born September 7, 1959) is an American award-winning 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 as screenwriter The Ice Storm, Eat, Drink, Man, Woman and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (all directed by Ang Lee), and as producer Brokeback Mountain, and the upcoming 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. He has also taught at Yale University and at Rutgers University. He is the author of Carl Theodor Dreyer's Gertrud: The Moving Word, published by the University of Washington Press. He earned his BA, MA, and Ph.D. in English from University of California, Berkeley. He is making his feature directorial debut on Indignation, an adaptation of Philip Roth's novel of the same name. Schamus also wrote the film, which stars Logan Lerman and Sarah Gadon.Schamus participates as a member of the Jury for the NYICFF, a local New York City Film Festival dedicated to screening films for children between the ages of 3 and 18. He was president of the jury for the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.Schamus was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Clarita (Gershowitz) Karlin and Julian John Schamus. He is married to writer Nancy Kricorian, with whom he has two children.