Production • AGE 66
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-founde...


The Boroughs
Writer
2026

Son-in-Law
Producer
2026

The Wedding Banquet
Screenplay
2025

McVeigh
Executive Producer
2024

We Grown Now
Executive Producer
2024

Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms
Script Consultant
2023

The King's Daughter
Screenplay
2022

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
Self - Screenwriter
2021

Somos.
Executive Producer
2021

Driveways
Producer
2020

The Assistant
Producer
2020

Frames
Narrator (voice)
2019

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Director
2019

Adam
Producer
2019

The Tomorrow Man
Producer
2019

Furlough
Executive Producer
2018

Dayveon
Executive Producer
2017

Casting JonBenet
Producer
2017

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Retrospective
2016

Indignation
Screenplay
2016

Junction 48
Executive Producer
2016

Alone in Berlin
Producer
2016

Suffragette
Executive Producer
2015

That Film About Money
2014

Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
Himself
2011

These Amazing Shadows
Self
2011

Taking Woodstock
Screenplay
2009

Lust, Caution
Screenplay
2007

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Self
2006

Brokeback Mountain
Producer
2005

Hulk
Story
2003

Buffalo Soldiers
Executive Producer
2002

Auto Focus
Executive Producer
2002

A Feast for the Eyes: Ang Lee in Taipei
Self
2002

Tortilla Soup
Original Film Writer
2001

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Screenplay
2000

Love God
Executive Producer
1999

Ride with the Devil
Producer
1999

Lola and Billy the Kid
Executive Producer
1999

Happiness
Executive Producer
1998

Office Killer
Executive Producer
1997

Wonderland
Executive Producer
1997

The Ice Storm
Producer
1997

The Myth of Fingerprints
Executive Producer
1997

Arresting Gena
Executive Producer
1997

She's the One
Producer
1996

Walking and Talking
Producer
1996

Sense and Sensibility
Co-Producer
1995

The Brothers McMullen
Executive Producer
1995

Roy Cohn/Jack Smith
Producer
1995

Safe
Executive Producer
1995

What Happened Was...
Executive Producer
1994

Eat Drink Man Woman
Screenplay
1994

The Wedding Banquet
Producer
1993

MOTV (My Own TV)
Coordinating Producer
1993

In the Soup
Associate Producer
1992

Ambition
Producer
1992

Thank You and Good Night
Producer
1992

Surviving Desire
Associate Producer
1992

Pushing Hands
Writer
1991

Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
Executive Producer
1991

I Was on Mars
Line Producer
1991

Poison
Executive Producer
1991

Keep It for Yourself
1991