James Schamus

indieWIRE received the following from James Schamus this week, in a response to a recent indieWIRE article that mentioned “Brokeback Mountain.” We are publishing his comments in their entirety. Recently, Peter Knegt posted an interesting blog entry on indieWIRE tracking the changes made to the trailer for Tom Ford’s upcoming film “A Single Man.” He then had this to say about its “de-gaying”: “Call it the “Brokeback Mountain” approach.  When...  

On Wednesday night, the National Arts Club awarded its Medal of Honor in Film to director Ang Lee and his longtime collaborator, Focus Features president James Schamus. It was, the two frankly admitted, probably the only accolade they’d get this year, given critics’ — and audiences’ — tepid reaction to Taking Woodstock, which Lee directed and Schamus wrote. The two of them spoke with Vulture in the drawing room, after the entrée, but...  

On Wednesday night, the National Arts Club awarded its Medal of Honor in Film to director Ang Lee and his longtime collaborator, Focus Features president James Schamus. It was, the two frankly admitted, probably the only accolade they’d get this ...  

James Schamus might be a workaholic. If it's not enough that he's the head of Focus Features -- the independent imprint of Universal -- he's also an established producer and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with Ang Lee. This week sees the release of the pair's latest, Taking Woodstock, a comedy about a family integral to the birth of the infamous Woodstock concert of 1969. And if that isn't enough, he's an associate professor of...  

Unveiling a 2010 theatrical slate that Focus Features CEO James Schamus called “as audacious as any in our history”, the company has announced its six confirmed releases on the back of strong sales at AFM through Focus Features International ...  

Studio chief, writer, academic and producer James Schamus delivered the inaugural industry keynote Tuesday evening at the Times BFI London Film Festival.  

Focus Features CEO James Schamus today announced the company's domestic theatrical release slate for 2010, with six confirmed movies to date. Schamus said, "Next year's Focus slate follows one of the company's best years ever - our eighth profitable year in a row since our inception, and the year in which we passed the $1 billion mark in cumulative domestic box office alone. "Our 2010 lineup is as audacious as any in our history, ranging...  

In a provocative and unashamedly highbrow address, Focus Features head James Schamus spoke to a rapt London Film Festival audience last night, railing against the "tidal wave of surveillance" overwhelming the US and other western societies. Billing it as an "anti-keynote address," Schamus discussed topics as diverse as future distribution models, contemporary narrative theory and intellectual property rights. He based his speech on a...  

Ironically as Miramax was being dismantled, James Schamus, CEO of Focus Features chose last week to announce the six films so far in the Focus cannon for next year. As if to affirm the company’s ongoing production schedule - both to the industry at ...