Schamus, James, 1959-

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Name (Hebrew)
שימוס, ג'יימס, 1959-
Name (Latin)
Schamus, James, 1959-
Other forms of name
שימוס, ג'מס
Date of birth
1959-09-07
Field of activity
Acting
Documentary films--Production and direction
Motion picture authorship
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Occupation
Producers and directors
Actors
Motion picture producers and directors
Screenwriters
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 33190679
Wikidata: Q1354081
Library of congress: no2002115388
HAI10: 000552090
Sources of Information
  • Email from J. Schamus, viewed Feb. 3, 2005:(I am one of the writers of the Hulk screenplay and the author of Isadora standing still)
  • IMDb, April 23, 2021:(James Schamus, producer, writer, director ; b. September 7, 1959 in Detroit, Michigan, USA)
  • IMDb, Feb. 4, 2009(James Schamus; b. Sept. 7, 1959, Detroit, Mich.; currently associate professor at Columbia University)
  • Isadora standing still, c1981:cover p. 2 (James Schamus, Editor)
  • בספר הענק. 2004.
  • Swoon, 1996?:closing credits (James Schamus)
  • Internet movie database, Dec. 20, 2002(James Schamus; b. 1959; producer, writer, actor)
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Wikipedia description:

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 of Professional Practice at Columbia University, where he has taught film history and theory since 1989.

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