Topic: James Schamus

Thurman joins jury for kids' fest

Uma Thurman is to sit on the jury of the New York International Children's Film Festival for the second year running.. . . The Oscar-nominated Kill ...

Director pins his future on love of past

0 . Cary Joji Fukunaga, the 33-year-old director of this year's adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" - the book's 28th adaptation to date -...

James Schamus

He is best known for producing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain . September 7, 1959 Born in Detroit , Michigan Married to Nancy Jean Kricorian Has 2 children

Fresh Friday films

The Final Destination Imagine your premonitions turned into a horrific reality. Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon Zombie, Brad Dourif, Danielle Harris, Scout Taylor-Compton Taking Woodsock Elliot Tiber is an interior designer in Greenwich Village who is also tied to the family ...

Taking Woodstock

As Ang Lee films go, Taking Woodstock is relatively painless. When he isn't reaching for lofty, awards-baiting heights (Brokeback Mountain) or being deathly, soul-sappingly dull (The Ice Storm), the infrequent pleasures in the director's work tend to rise to the ...

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu zang long) from Taiwan, directed by Ang Lee . Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon made a splash at the Academy Awards by capturing 4 of the 10 Oscars for which it was nominated. Director Ang Lee (AAN), known ...

Private Properties: Battling for Bergman’s Estate

Studio-head and screenwriter James Schamus is trying to get Hollywood help to buy and preserve the 84-acre estate of the late Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman on the Baltic island of Faro.. Bergman, who died in 2007 and is known for such films ...
Ang Lee partnership with indie-banner boss James Schamus gives him broad film focusAng Lee and James Schamus have two of the best jobs on the planet.Lee gets to direct films ranging from Academy Award winners (" " Schamus, Lee's writing and producing ...