miniaturadaimagem|Schamus em 2016 James Allan Schamus (Detroit, 7 de setembro de 1959) é um roteirista, produtor, executivo de negócios, historiador de cinema, professor e diretor americano. Ele é um colaborador frequente de Ang Lee, o cofundador da produtora Good Machine, e o cofundador e ex-CEO da empresa de produção cinematográfica, de financiamento e distribuição mundial de filmes Focus Features, uma subsidiária da NBCUniversal. Ele é atualmente presidente da produtora Symbolic Exchange, sediada em Nova York, e é professor de prática na Universidade de Columbia, onde leciona história e teoria do cinema desde 1989.
Filmografia Ano Título Produtor Roteirista Diretor Notas1990The Golden BoatRaúl Ruiz1991Pushing HandsAng LeeTambém cenas adicionaisPoisonTodd HaynesKeep It For YourselfClaire DenisAngryNicole HolofcenerCurta-metragemHomage By AssassinationElia SuleimanThank You and Good NightJan OxenbergDocumentárioI Was on MarsDani LeviTambém produtor de linhaChicken DelightAdam IsidoreCurta-metragemWarrior: The Life of Leonard PeltierSuzie BaerDocumentário1992SwoonTom KalinPunch and Judy Get DivorcedDavid Gordon and Mark PellingtonAmbitionHal HartleyCurta-metragemSurviving DesireIn the SoupAlexandre Rockwell1993Terminal USAJon MoritsuguDottie Gets SpankedTodd HaynesTambém produtor de linhaNight RideAndy GarrisonTambém produtor de linhaThe Secret Life of HousesAdrian VelicescuA Psychic MomSteve BusaLove PotionAyoka ChenziraFamily RemainsTamara JenkinsO Banquete de CasamentoAng Lee1994Comer, Beber e ViverDark WatersKutluğ AtamanRoy Cohn/Jack SmithJill GodmilowWhat Happened WasTom Noonan1995Razão e SensibilidadeAng LeeGreetings from AfricaCheryl DunyeSafeTodd HaynesThe Brothers McMullenEdward Burns1996She's the OneWalking and TalkingNicole Holofcener1997Love GodFrank GrowThe Myth of FingerprintsBart FreundlichArresting GenaHannah WeyerWonderlandJohn O'HaganDocumentárioOffice KillerCindy ShermanTempestade de GeloAng Lee1998FelicidadeTodd Solondz1999Lola and Billy the KidKutluğ AtamanThe LifestyleDavid SchisgallDocumentárioCavalgada com o DiaboAng Lee2000O Tigre e o DragãoTambém compositor2001Buffalo SoldiersGregor Jordan2002Auto FocusPaul Schrader2003HulkAng Lee2005O Segredo de Brokeback Mountain2007Desejo e PerigoTambém compositor2009Aconteceu em Woodstock2014That Film About MoneyEle mesmoCurta-metragem2015Alone in BerlinVincent PerezAs SufragistasSarah GavronJunction 48Udi Aloni2016IndignationEle mesmoEstreia na direção2017Casting JonBenetKitty GreenDocumentárioDayveonAmman AbasiA Prayer Before DawnJean-Stéphane Sauvaire2018BenjiBrandon CampFurloughLaurie Collyer2019AdamRhys ErnstThe Tomorrow ManNoble JonesDrivewaysAndrew AhnThe AssistantKitty GreenFramesEle mesmoCurta-metragem2022 The King's DaughterSean McNamara2024We Grown NowMinhal BaigMcVeighMike Ott2025 The Wedding BanquetAndrew Ahn
Publicações
Livros
Taking Woodstock. Nova York: Newmarket Press, 2009. Roteiro e Introdução. Carl Theodor Dryer's Gertrud: The Moving Word. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. Lust, Caution. New York: Pantheon, 2007. Roteiro (com Wang Hui-Ling) e Introdução. The Hulk. New York: Newmarket Press, 2003. Roteiro e Introdução. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Portrait of the Ang Lee Film. New York: Newmarket Press, 2000. Roteiro (com Wang Hui-Ling) e Notas. Ride With the Devil. Londres: Faber & Faber, 1999. Roteiro, introdução e notas. The Ice Storm. Nova York: Newmarket Press, 1997. Roteiro, introdução e notas. Two Films By Ang Lee: "Eat Drink Man Woman" and "The Wedding Banquet". New Iorque: The Overlook Press, 1994. Introdução e roteiros (com Ang Lee, Neal Peng e Wang Hui-Ling).
Ensaios e artigos
"The 'Blurred Lines' of Columbia University's Task Force on Antisemitism", Mondoweiss, Mai, 28, 2024. “Hollywood thinks it can divide and conquer the writers’ strike: It won’t work", The Guardian, Mai, 5, 2023. “Rewriting Trauma: The Business of Storytelling in the Age of the Algorithm”, Literary Hub, December 12, 2018. “42 Directors Pick Their Favorite Movies of 2017", IndieWire, Dez, 29, 2017. “Rise of the Machines: Cathy O’Neil and James Schamus on How Algorithms are Changing Society — and Filmmaking”, Filmmaker (magazine), Set, 14, 2017. "23 Fragments on the Future of Cinema", Filmmaker (magazine), 2015. "Hollywood is Not American", The Hollywood Reporter, Out.17, 2014. "James Schamus Reveals Secrets of the Oscar Voting System", Variety (magazine), Jan, 8, 2014. "Raul Ruiz Remembered by James Schamus", Filmmaker (magazine), Ago, 19, 2011. "The Apartment", The New York Times, Nov, 4, 2007. "'Brokeback Mountain': An Exchange", The New York Review of Books, Abr, 6, 2006. "Oy", Filmmaker, Mar, 24, 2006. "Aesthetic Identities: A Response to Kenneth Chan and Christina Klein", Cinema Journal, Summer 2004, Volume 43, Number 4. "Sing to Us, Muse, of the Rage of the Hulk", The New York Times, Mai, 11, 2003. "Talking Pictures", Filmmaker, 2001. "HOLIDAY FILMS; The Polyglot Task of Writing the Global Film", The New York Times, Nov, 5, 2000. "IFP Rant", Filmmaker, 2000. "The Pursuit of Happiness: Making an Art of Marketing an Explosive Film", The Nation, Abr, 5–12, 1999. "Long Live Indie Film", Filmmaker, 1995.
Perfis e entrevistas
“This is Who We Are: James Schamus” Columbia University School of the Arts, Dez, 1, 2023. “Hollywood On Strike!” Film Quarterly Webinar, 4 Ago, 2023. “Writers Strikes Throughout History” Let’s Talk Film podcast, Woodstock Film Festival, Jul, 13, 2023. “In the Footsteps of Giants: James Schamus - A Banquet of Inclusion,” Produced By: The Official Magazine of the Producers Guild of America, Jun/Jul, 2023, p. 62. “The Ice Storm: Interview with James Schamus and Ted Hope,” Hollywood Gold Podcast, Mar, 1, 2023. “Entertainment Educators of the Year: Entertainment Educators Discuss Teaching Cinema’s Next Gen and the Importance of Diverse and Impactful Storytellers” Variety, Abr, 28, 2022. "The Aesthetics of Cinema: Interview with James Schamus" Gadfly Magazine, Mar, 1, 2021. "James Schamus: financial models of SVoD giants cannot be sustained" Screen Daily, Out, 12, 2020. "James Schamus' New Short Film Explains the 124-Year-Old History of Cinema in 3 Minutes" Indiewire, Nov, 27, 2019. “Filmmaker James Schamus Slams ‘Predator’ Harvey Weinstein and His ‘Factory of Abuse" The Hollywood Reporter, Out, 11, 2017 “Berlin: Kitty Green and James Schamus on doc Casting JonBenet” Screen Daily, Fev, 14, 2017. “James Schamus Interview: There are Two Kinds of Asshole Directors” Independent, Nov, 15, 2016. “Ang Lee, James Schamus, and Sony Pictures Classics’ Michael Barker Reminisce About Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” The Playlist, Out, 20, 2016. “Interview: James Schamus (Indignation)” OnWriting, WGA East, Set, 13, 2016. "Indignation director James Schamus: Film is Dead, And That's Okay" Indiewire. Aug, 1, 2016. "Indignation Interview" Indiewire. Fev, 2016. "James Schamus Directing Debut Indignation Wins Over Sundance Audience" The Wrap. Jan, 24, 2016. "Indignation: Sundance Review" The Hollywood Reporter. Jan, 25, 2016. "Accidental CEO The College. 2014. "Case Study: James Schamus" , Produced By. Out, 2014. "James Schamus: 'The job is an ego crushing ass-kick to the soul. I love it!'", The Guardian. Jan, 28, 2014. "On James Schamus and Focus Features", Filmmaker. Out, 3, 2013. "The Professor of Micropopularity", The New York Times. Nov, 26, 2010. "Ang Lee + James Schamus: A Pinewood Dialogue", Museum of the Moving Image. Nov, 9, 2007. "The Professor in the Back Lot", The New York Times. Set, 17, 2006. "A Conversation with Tony Kushner," On Writing (Writers Guild of America, East): Nova York. 2005.
Ligações externas
The Career Cookbook James Schamus Profile Columbia University Faculty Interview at The Minnesota Review
Categoria:Roteiristas dos Estados Unidos