James Schamus

James Schamus
Schamus in 2016
Born
James Allan Schamus[1]

(1959-09-07) September 7, 1959 (age 65)[1]
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA, MA, PhD)
Occupations
  • Producer
  • screenwriter
  • director
SpouseNancy Kricorian
Children2

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,[2] and is Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University, where he has taught film history and theory since 1989.

  1. ^ a b IMDB Biography Page, retrieved August 22, 2016
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