15 Facts About James Mangold

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James Allen Mangold was born on December 16,1963 and is an American filmmaker.

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James Mangold made his debut as a film director with Heavy, and is best known for the films Cop Land, Girl, Interrupted, Identity, Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma, and two Wolverine films in the X-Men films with The Wolverine and Logan, the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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James Mangold then directed the sports drama film Ford v Ferrari, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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James Mangold is directing and co-writing the upcoming 2023 film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the fifth and final installment in the Indiana Jones series.

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James Mangold was raised in Hudson Valley and graduated from Washingtonville High School.

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James Mangold wrote a television movie and co-wrote the animated feature Oliver and Company.

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James Mangold has worked as a feature writer and director since 1995, when his first feature, the independent film Heavy, won the best directing prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

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In 2005, James Mangold co-wrote, produced, and directed Walk the Line, a film about the young life of singer-songwriter Johnny Cash and his relationship with June Carter Cash.

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In June 2011, James Mangold was hired, initially just to direct the X-Men movie The Wolverine.

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James Mangold has stated that the plot primarily focuses on character development, rather than superhero spectacle.

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In February 2018, it was announced that James Mangold was set to direct a film about the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, with Christian Bale and Matt Damon starring as Ken Miles and Carroll Shelby respectively, and Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth and Jason Keller writing the script.

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In February 2020, it was announced that James Mangold was in talks to direct the then untitled fifth film in the Indiana Jones franchise, later revealed to be titled Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, taking over for Steven Spielberg, who directed the first four films in the franchise and will now instead act as producer.

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In May 2020, it was officially confirmed that James Mangold will serve as director.

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James Mangold was announced in early 2020 to direct the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown with Searchlight Pictures distributing, starring Timothee Chalamet.

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In early 2022, James Mangold was similarly announced to be directing a Buster Keaton biopic for 20th Century Studios based on Marion Meade's Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase, for which executives had been looking for writers to adapt the book into a script for James Mangold to direct.