James Schamus

James Allan Schamus is an American screenwriter cofounder of Good Machine production company and the CEO of Focus Features the motion picture production financing and worldwide distribution company until its merging with FilmDistrict His output includes writing or cowriting The Ice Storm Eat Drink Man Woman Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hulk all directed by Ang Lee and producing Brokeback Mountain and Alone in Berlin At Focus he oversaw the production and distribution of Lost in Translation Milk Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Coraline The Kids Are All Right He is Professor of Professional Practice in Columbia Universitys School of the Arts where he teaches film history and theory