Production
James Schamus
- Born
- Sep 7, 1959 · Age 67
- Place of birth
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 14
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 3
Biography
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…
