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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.
Apr 28, 2022 · Following that in 2002, as the CEO of Focus Features, Schamus went on to oversee a bulk of award-winning and Oscar lauded, generation-defining classics such as Eternal Sunshine of the...
- Anthony D'alessandro
Apr 24, 2014 · James Schamus is the former CEO of Focus Features; the producer of, among other films, Ride with the Devil (1999) and Brokeback Mountain (2005); the screenwriter and producer of The Ice Storm (1997); and a professor of professional practice at Columbia University.
Oct 3, 2013 · Focus Features. In 2002, Universal merged three specialty divisions — Good Machine, USA Films and Universal Focus — to form Focus Features, which James Schamus, one of Good Machine’s...
- Chris O'falt
Nov 26, 2010 · James Schamus of Focus Features makes the most successful “small” movies around. His secret? Spiking the mainstream with just a touch of weird.
Focus Features was formed in 2002 by James Schamus and David Linde and formed from the divisional merger of USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine, as well as the several assets of the Vivendi-affiliated film studio StudioCanal.
Oct 2, 2013 · FilmDistrict founder and CEO Peter Schlessel has been named the CEO of Focus. Features, effective January 2014, Universal Pictures, Focus’ parent, announced Wednesday. Current CEO James...
