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	Columbia News ::: James Schamus Illuminates Little-known Chapter of American History in "Ride With the Devil"
		Schamus explains that Jake's father was one of the Germans who emigrated to the U.S. after the failure of the 1848 revolution in Germany, and whose political sympathies were aligned with the North.
		Schamus, who holds both a BA and an MA from UC Berkeley in English literature, is unusual in his combination of academic, film producing and writing activities.
		At Columbia, where he is associate professor of film history, theory, and criticism, Schamus commuted back and forth from the set of "Ride With the Devil" in Missouri to teach a course on the American Western.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/news/99/11/jamesSchamus.html (1201 words)

	James Schamus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Allan Schamus is an American screenwriter and film producer, noted for his work on critically acclaimed independent films such as Safe, The Brothers McMullen and the Academy Award winning film Brokeback Mountain.
		Schamus is also a published film historian, and currently holds a faculty position at Columbia University.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Schamus (230 words)

	James Schamus - Biography - Moviefone
		Since his initial efforts of the early '90s, independent film producer and screenwriter James Schamus has learned a lot about international culture through his frequent fruitful collaborations with celebrated film director Ang Lee.
		Aside from his work with Solondz and Haynes, Schamus' most enduring cinematic relationship may lie with Lee, with whom he has collaborated as screenwriter on all of Lee's films except Sense and Sensibility (on which Schamus served as co-producer).
		Not speaking the Mandarin language in which the film is presented, or in which the original novel was written, Schamus describes the experience of writing the film as both rewarding and nerve-wracking.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/james-schamus/110109/biography (216 words)

	From Script to Screen: James Schamus honored at 2002 Nantucket Film Festival - Writers Guild of America, East, AFL-CIO, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Schamus and his directing partner, Ang Lee, are well into production on "The Hulk," an action film based on a Marvel Comics character (played by Eric Bana) that is expected to be one of next summer's blockbusters.
		Schamus operates with his partners David Linde and Ted Hope, was recently acquired by Universal Pictures and combined with USA Films to produce Focus, a specialized division for the studio.
		Schamus said, "and when I'm producing, I try to contract as much as possible." It is one thing to write "2,000 Union soldiers attack," another thing to put 2,000 Union soldiers onscreen, as Mr.
	www.wgaeast.org /features/james-schamus-nantucket.html (422 words)

	James Schamus
		Schamus is currently producing Lee's next film, "Sense and Sensibility," adapted from the Jane Austen novel and starring Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant.
		Schamus has also served as executive producer of Tom Kalin's "Swoon;" co-producer of Jan Oxenburg's "Thank You and Goodnight" for American Playhouse; co-producer of Dani Levy's "I Was on Mars;" co-producer of "Auf Wiedersehen, Amerika" by Jan Schutte; and producer of "The Golden Boat," a feature by Raul Ruiz.
		Schamus is also the author of The Apparatus Guide to No-Budget Filmmaking and is an Assistant Professor of film theory and history at Columbia University.
	www.sonypictures.com /classics/safe/filmmakers/schamus.html (297 words)

	Columbia News ::: Schamus Discusses Appeal of Record-Breaking Foreign Language Film
		On one day last year you might have found James Schamus in the classroom discussing the relevance of classical Chinese philosophy to Hong Kong action films, and, later in the afternoon, emailing script changes to China or speaking by phone with production managers on a movie set in Tibet.
		Schamus, an associate professor of film, shares with his fellow faculty members at Columbia's School of the Arts the distinction of being both a practicing artist and a teacher.
		Representing Schamus' seventh collaboration with Taiwan-born director Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is set in ancient China and is both an epic love story and a martial arts film.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/news/01/03/schamus.html (950 words)

	James Schamus
		Most recently in the context of this collaboration, Schamus produced, with Ted Hope and Robert F. Colesberry, Lee’s Ride With the Devil, for which he also wrote the screenplay.
		Schamus has also been involved in four of the last nine Grand Jury Prize Winners at the Sundance Film Festival: The Brothers McMullen by Edward Burns (1995, executive producer with Ted Hope); Tom Noonan’s What Happened Was...
		Schamus is associate professor of film theory, history and criticism at Columbia University, where he was recently a university lecturer.
	www.cinema.com /people/002/165/james-schamus/index.phtml (159 words)

	INTERVIEW: The Architect/Poet, James Schamus Takes a "Ride with the Devil"
		James Schamus: We found it prudent as well as in fact good for all parties concerned to try to get a situation going where the people who had handled "Elizabeth" last year and "Dead Man Walking" the year before to be handling our movie.
		Schamus: There's a certain fundamental decency to the people we've been dealing with at Universal that shines through in these situations.
		Schamus: At first, I thought it would be easy because the dialogue in the book is so great.
	www.indiewire.com /people/int_Schamus_James_99_2A792.html (2120 words)

	Universal Pictures - The Hulk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		James Schamus (Story/Screenwriter/Producer) has collaborated with Ang Lee on all of his films.
		Under the co-presidency of Schamus and David Linde, Focus Features was formed in 2002 as the new fully independent specialty motion picture division of Universal Pictures.
		Schamus is a professor of film theory, history and criticism at Columbia University, where he was recently a university lecturer.
	www.thehulk.com /crew_james_schamus.html (298 words)

	A Conversation With James Schamus, Screenwriter Of "The Ice Storm"
		James Schamus: One reason we thought it would be impossible to adapt is because it was so complete as a novel.
		Schamus: We tried that with the one little cinema trick with the flash-forward in the beginning.
		Schamus: Yeah, the book ends with a kind of epiphany which then turns into more of a literary revelation of the narrator.
	www.indiewire.com /people/int_schamus_james_970926.html (1544 words)

	Filmmaker James Schamus opens 2005-2006 University of Chicago Presidential Fellows in the Arts Series
		James Schamus — writer, producer and co-president of Focus Features who most recently collaborated with Ang Lee on the upcoming “Brokeback Mountain” — will present a sneak preview screening of one of his company’s forthcoming releases, offer reflections and take audience questions Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005 at 7 p.m.
		Schamus’ visit is presented in collaboration with Doc Films.
		Schamus has also collaborated with Ang Lee on all of his feature films, and is reuniting with the director on “Brokeback Mountain,”; which will be released later this year.
	www-news.uchicago.edu /releases/05/050920.schamus.shtml (590 words)

	James Schamus \| The A.V. Club
		Any aspiring filmmaker would be wise to have James Schamus on his or her side.
		Schamus has even found time to occupy prestigious academic posts at the University Of Chicago and Columbia University, where he is an associate professor of film theory, history, and criticism.
		Schamus recently spoke to The Onion about his new movie and more.
	www.avclub.com /content/node/24255 (2732 words)

	James Schamus: Jablow Award Recipient Goes On the Record - Writers Guild of America, East, AFL-CIO, WGAE, WGA East (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		James Schamus: Jablow Award Recipient Goes On the Record - Writers Guild of America, East, AFL-CIO, WGAE, WGA East
		Television and screenwriter Susan Sandler interviewed James Schamus at the 2002 Nantucket Film Festival where he was honored with the Screenwriter's Tribute.
		James Schamus: When Ang and I first met, he had a couple of screenplays in hand which had gotten a lot of attention in Taiwan, but he had no luck on the American side.
	www.wgareg.com /features/2003/03/08/schamus_rec/index.html (890 words)

	INTERVIEW: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Screenwriter-producer, James Schamus
		James Schamus: Who follows the way -- the path of the Tao?
		Schamus: When I wrote the action, it was very simple.
		Schamus: I have no idea what we're going to do.
	www.indiewire.com /people/int_Schamus_James_001207.html (424 words)

	Focus on James Schamus - Cinematical
		It was helmed by James Schamus and David Linde, but now that Linde is Universal's co-chairman, all eyes are on Schamus to keep Focus in its winning streak (they received 16 Academy Award nominations and 4 wins in 2005).
		Schamus will not only oversee Focus' international financing and distribution channels, but also develop specialized and animated films, as well as manage Focus' genre label, Rogue Pictures.
		It was with Good Machine that Ang Lee and Schamus began their successful collaborations, and that Schamus and Ted Hope set about advancing the art of international financing to fund artistically riskier films at home.
	www.cinematical.com /2006/05/23/focus-on-james-schamus (500 words)

	James Schamus, Ang Lee, and Brokeback Mountain visit U of C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Schamus, who was brought to the University through the University of Chicago Presidential Fellows in the Arts Program, screened a preview of his new film, Brokeback Mountain.
		Both the film and Lee’s appearance were unannounced, with promotion for the event only mentioning Schamus and a non-specified Focus Features film.
		Schamus, the film’s producer, and Lee—who have previously worked together on Sense and Sensibility; The Ice Storm; and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, among other films—answered questions for about 40 minutes after the film.
	maroon.uchicago.edu /news/articles/2005/11/18/james_schamus_ang_le.php (263 words)

	James Schamus Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Schamus (often in tandem with Hope) went on to be involved in a variety of other productions, many of which have earned festival and other awards.
		Schamus furthered his own reputation as a screenwriter with his masterful adaptation of Rick Moody's novel of 70s angst and ennui, "The Ice Storm" (1997).
		Schamus who contributed to the screenplay, produced and even penned the lyrics to the love theme, earned Oscar nominations in all three categories, although he had to be satisfied with the film taking home the Best Foreign Language statue as well as three technical awards.
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/193959 (1279 words)

	>> Behind Brokeback MountainAn Interview with Producer James Schamus -- Towleroad for modern gay men,
		I had the opportunity yesterday to speak with Brokeback Mountain producer James Schamus, who is also co-president of Focus Features with David Linde.
		Jan 25, 2006 1:54:15 PM Schamus is a legend in the film world and I am very impressed that you were able to score an interview with him.
		Schamus is correct in his view of Waxman's inference of the film, though.
	towleroad.typepad.com /towleroad/2006/01/interview_with_.html (8303 words)

	Reel.com: James Schamus
		But his most important work has been as a his longtime collaboration with Taiwanese director Ang Lee, with whom he has written and produced six acclaimed films including The Wedding Banquet, Eat Drink Man Woman, Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm, and Ride With the Devil.
		However it's the wild success of the most recent of these films — Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon — that has thrust the modest and erudite Schamus into the Hollywood spotlight.
		OK, we also were dying to know what it was like to work with Chow Yun-Fat and the secrets of wire-fu fighting.
	www.reel.com /reel.asp?node=features/interviews/schamus (1607 words)

	Harvard Film Archive: James Schamus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One of the defining figures of American independent cinema in the 1990s, writer and producer James Schamus was the creative force behind many of the decade's most intriguing works.
		Along with his partner Ted Hope, Schamus founded Good Machine, the maverick label that released such films as Todd Solondz's Happiness, Todd Haynes's Safe and Nicole Holofcener's Walking and Talking, as well as Schamus' remarkable collaborations with Ang Lee (Eat Drink Man Woman, The Ice Storm, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, to name a few).
		In addition to his industry work, Schamus has also served as a professor of film studies at Columbia University.
	www.harvardfilmarchive.org /calendars/05_winter/schamus.html (146 words)

	Ang Lee and James Schamus \| Interviews \| Guardian Unlimited Film
		For a western audience, I think between James and me, the bouncing passing forth between Chinese and English, I think it is a good exercise to make it reasonable for a worldwide audience - not just a western audience - a worldwide audience and to some degree a modern Chinese audience as well.
		NN: James, I know you've worked on all of Ang's scripts, aside from Sense and Sensibility, but you've worked on all of Ang's films.
		James looked like a used-car salesman and a professor.
	film.guardian.co.uk /interview/interviewpages/0,6737,394676,00.html (2797 words)

	California Magazine
		The screen adaptation of Annie Proulx’s short story was directed by Ang Lee and won four Golden Globes, including best drama, best director, and best screenplay.
		The producer, James Schamus ’82, M.A. ’87, Ph.D. ’03, also won the Producer’s Guild of America Award.
		Schamus has worked on nine films with Ang Lee, including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and Sense and Sensibility (1995).
	www.alumni.berkeley.edu /calmag/200603/keeping_schamus.asp (626 words)

	Amazon.com: "James Schamus": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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		Tom Rothman, somehow glimpsed a movie and asked Ted Hope and James Schamus of Good Machine to step in and unearth it.
		James Schamus -- Find pics, news, movies, interviews, filmography and more at Moviefone.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/James-Schamus (541 words)

	Article: James Schamus Co-President of Film Company/Producer/Writer/Professor - TheCareerCookbook.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I was three weeks into my first film job when I got a ride home from a very gracious man named James Schamus.
		Since then James has gone on to become the co-president of "indie" movie powerhouse Focus Features while continuing his work as a wildly successful screenwriter, producer, and professor at Columbia University.
		CCB: It’s always seemed that if one were able to meet those rare one or two people with whom they could connect with creatively and hang onto them, it would be a lot easier to have a creative life that might go somewhere.
	thecareercookbook.com /article.php?article_id=18 (2364 words)

	Amazon.fr : Ride With the Devil: Livres en anglais: James Schamus,Daniel Woodrell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		de James Schamus, Daniel Woodrell "WE RODE ACROSS THE HILLOCKS AND VALES OF MISsouri, hiding in uniforms of Yankee blue..." (plus)
		Ride with the Devil continues writer-producer James Schamus's collaboration with Ang Lee, who also directed Sense and Sensibility.
		As the war progresses, two of the fighters-a former slave (portrayed by Tony Award winner Jeffrey Wright) and the son of an immigrant worker (Pleasantville's Tobey Maguire)-find they have more in common with each other than with their comrades, who begin to suspect them of treason.
	www.amazon.fr /Ride-Devil-James-Schamus/dp/0571201636 (327 words)

	Ang Lee with James Schamus: East Meets Western
		In the early 1990s, Taiwan-born aspiring director Ang Lee connected with James Schamus, founder of upstart company Good Machine in New York, and a long creative collaboration was sparked.
		True to form, Lee and Schamus’ latest collaboration, Brokeback Mountain, which won the 2005 Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion award for best film, again plumbs new territory in its tale of the complex, passionate relationship between two young cowboys.
		Although the settings of Lee and Schamus’ works vary greatly, this retrospective reveals the connections: an emphasis on social customs; cross-generational conflict; the significance of the unspoken.
	calendar.walkerart.org:8083 /canopy.wac?id=2473 (740 words)

	James Schamus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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