James Mangold

James Allen Mangold born December 16 1963 is an American film director producer and screenwriter Noted for his versatility in tackling a range of genres Mangold made his debut as a film director with Heavy 1995 and is best known for the films Cop Land 1997 Girl Interrupted 1999 Identity 2003 Walk the Line 2005 310 to Yuma 2007 and two films in the XMen franchise with The Wolverine 2013 and Logan 2017 the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay He then directed the sports drama film Ford v Ferrari 2019 which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture and directed and cowrote Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 2023 the fifth and final installment in the Indiana Jones series