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James Schamus
Writer 66 years old

James Schamus

Detroit, Michigan, USA

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... Read full bio →

Filmography

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10 titles
Indignation

Indignation

James Schamus 2016 1h 50m 8.0

In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.

Taking Woodstock

Taking Woodstock

Ang Lee 2009 2h 7.3

A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.

Se, jie

Se, jie

Ang Lee 2007 6.9

An espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai, in which a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.

Hulk

Hulk

Ang Lee 2003 2h 18m 6.1

Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers an accident that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry

Wo hu cang long

Wo hu cang long

Ang Lee 2000 2h 7.7

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is an epic Chinese martial arts film. Ang Lee delivers in a classical storytelling manner breathtaking landscapes exciting fight scenes and many unforgettably beautiful images.

Ride with the Devil

Ride with the Devil

Ang Lee 1999 2h 18m 7.7

During the American Civil War, two friends join the Bushwhackers, a militant group loyal to the Confederacy.

The Ice Storm

The Ice Storm

Ang Lee 1997 1h 53m 7.9

1973, suburban Connecticut: middle class families experimenting with casual sex, drink, etc., find their lives out of control.

Yin shi nan nu

Yin shi nan nu

Ang Lee 1994 2h 3m 8.5

Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.

Xi yan

Xi yan

Ang Lee 1993 1h 48m 8.0

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

Tui shou

Tui shou

Ang Lee 1991 1h 45m

Mr. Chu is an elderly widower who teaches tai chi chuan in Beijing. He moves to America to live with his son's family, but finds the cultural adjustment difficult. Since his daughter-in-law is a white woman who does not speak Chinese, Mr. Chu's son, Alex, must mediate.

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