James Mangold (born December 16, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.
He's best known for directing the biopic Walk the Line, the superhero films The Wolverine and Logan, and Sports Story Ford V Ferrari.
He notably studied filming in Miloš Forman's classes.
Filmography:
- Heavy (1995)
- Cop Land (1997)
- Girl, Interrupted (1999)
- Kate & Leopold (2001)
- Identity (2003)
- Walk the Line (2005)
- 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
- Knight and Day (2010)
- X-Men Film Series
- The Wolverine (2013)
- Logan (2017)
- Ford V Ferrari (2019)
- Indiana Jones 5 (2023)
Tropes & Trivia in his works:
- Genre Roulette: His most notable films consist of two crime thrillers (Cop Land and Identity), a Fantasy Film Romantic Comedy (Kate & Leopold), a Western (3:10 to Yuma), two Superhero movies (The Wolverine and Logan), and a Sports Story (Ford V Ferrari). His next film will be the fifth Indiana Jones film.
- He Also Did: One of his early gigs was as co-writer on animated musical Oliver & Company, and he also served as executive producer for The Greatest Showman.
- Production Posse:
- On the production side, he frequently works with composer Marco Beltrami, cinematographer Phedon Papamichael and editor Michael McCusker. His wife Cathy Konrad was also his main producer on his works until they divorced in 2014.
- On the acting side of the camera, he's made three films with Hugh Jackman and two films each with Christian Bale, Viola Davis, Ray Liotta, Dallas Roberts, and Robert Patrick.
