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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. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made Safe (sometimes written as or) is a 1995 drama/thriller film written and directed by Todd Haynes The Brothers McMullen is a 1995 US comedy drama Film directed written produced by and starring Edward Burns. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Brokeback Mountain ( 2005) is a romantic - Drama film that depicts the complex romantic and sexual relationship between two men in the 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. Ang Lee ( (born October 23, 1954) is an Academy Award -winning Film director from Taiwan. Eat Drink Man Woman ( is a Taiwanese film directed by Ang Lee and stars Sihung Lung, Yu-wen Wang, Chien-lien Wu, The Ice Storm is a 1997 Drama film directed by Ang Lee, based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Rick Moody Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon ( is a Chinese-language Film in the Wuxia ( chivalric and martial arts) style 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. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. He is currently the head of the film company Focus Features. Focus Features (formerly USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine) is the art house films division of NBC Universal 's Universal
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. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
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.
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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
- James Schamus at the Internet Movie Database
- The Career Cookbook James Schamus Profile
- Columbia University Faculty
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