James Schamus

Infobox Actor

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imagesize = 240px
name = James Schamus
birthdate = birth date and age|1959|9|7
location = Detroit, Michigan
occuption = producer, screenwriter
afiawards = Best Foreign Film
2000 "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
baftaawards = Best Film
2005 "Brokeback Mountain"

James Allan Schamus is an American Academy Award nominated, BAFTA Award winning film producer and screenwriter, noted for his work on critically acclaimed independent films such as "Safe", "The Brothers McMullen" and the Academy Award winning film "Brokeback Mountain". He is perhaps best known, however, for his longtime collaboration with writer/director Ang Lee, with whom he co-wrote and produced such films as "Eat Drink Man Woman", "The Ice Storm", and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". This partnership is notable for having produced eight feature films, no two of which are alike in terms of story.

Schamus is also a published film historian, and currently holds a faculty position at Columbia University. He is currently the head of the film company Focus Features.

He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his bachelor's degree (1982), master's degree (1987), and PhD (2003), all in English.

Friends, acquaintances, and even rivals sometimes refer to him as James James, Schamus Schamus, or Seamus Seamus because his first and last names are etymological cognates.

Awards and Nominations

Academy Awards

* Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000)
* Nominated: Best Original Song, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000)
* Nominated: Best Picture, "Brokeback Mountain" (2005)

BAFTA Awards

* Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay, "The Ice Storm" (1997)
* Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000)
* Won: Best Film, "Brokeback Mountain" (2005)

External links

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* [http://thecareercookbook.com/article.php?article_id=18 The Career Cookbook James Schamus Profile]
* [http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/university/academic/faculty.php Columbia University Faculty]
* [http://www.theminnesotareview.org/journal/ns68/interview_schamus.shtml Interview] at "the minnesota review"