James Schamus

James Schamus is an American film producer, director and screenwriter who is known for his collaborations with Taiwanese film director Ang Lee, including the films Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Eat Drink Man Woman, Pushing Hands, The Ice Storm, the cult classic Marvel film Hulk, Taking Woodstock and Lust, Caution. He was the co-founder of the Good Machine production company and of Focus Features. He heads the New York-based production company Symbolic Exchange, and teaches at Columbia University.