James Schamus

James Schamus
Schamus in 2016
Born	James Allan Schamus (1959-09-07) September 7, 1959 (age 65) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Education	University of California, Berkeley (BA, MA, PhD)
Occupations	Producer screenwriter director
Spouse	Nancy Kricorian
Children	2

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-founder of the production company Good Machine, and the co-founder and former CEO of motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company Focus Features, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal. He is currently president of the New York–based production company Symbolic Exchange,^[1] and is Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University, where he has taught film history and theory since 1989.