James Mangold

James Mangold (born December 16, 1963) is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known[2] for the films Cop Land (1997), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Walk the Line (2005), The Wolverine (2013) and Logan (2017), the last of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.[3] He then directed the sports drama film Ford v Ferrari (2019), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture.[4]

James Mangold
Mangold in 2017
Born	(1963-12-16) December 16, 1963[1] New York City, New York, U.S.
Education	California Institute of the Arts (BFA) Columbia University (MFA)
Occupation	Film director screenwriter
Years active	1985–present
Spouse(s)	Cathy Konrad ​ ( m. 1999; div. 2014)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Robert Mangold Sylvia Plimack Mangold

Early life

Mangold was born in New York City in 1963, and is the son of artists Robert Mangold and Sylvia Plimack Mangold.[5] His mother is Jewish and he describes himself as "half-Jewish."[6] He was raised in New York State's Hudson River Valley and graduated from Washingtonville High School.[5][7]

He was admitted into and later attended the California Institute of the Arts film/video program.[7] While there, he mentored under Alexander Mackendrick. During Mangold's third year, Mackendrick suggested that he should study at CalArts School of Theater as an actor, alongside his regular film studies.[8]

Career

In 1985, Mangold secured a writer/director deal at Disney.[7] He wrote a television movie and co-wrote the animated feature Oliver and Company.[7] A few years later, Mangold moved to New York and applied to Columbia University's film school,[7] where he graduated with an MFA in film.[9] While there, he studied under Miloš Forman and developed both Heavy and Cop Land.

He 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.

Mangold subsequently wrote and directed Cop Land (1997), starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, and Ray Liotta;[10] Girl, Interrupted,[7] which won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1999 for Angelina Jolie; Kate & Leopold,[11] starring Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman, for which Jackman was nominated for a Golden Globe as best actor in a musical or comedy in 2001, and the 2003 thriller Identity which starred John Cusack.[12]

In 2005, Mangold co-wrote (with Gill Dennis) and directed Walk the Line, a film about the young life of singer-songwriter Johnny Cash and his relationship with June Carter Cash. It stars Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon and was released on November 18, 2005. He also served as producer under his production banner, Tree Line Film.[13] It was nominated for five Oscars and Witherspoon won Best Actress for her performance as June Carter Cash. Mangold also appeared as an actor in The Sweetest Thing as a doctor and love interest to Christina Applegate as well as in his own Kate & Leopold playing a movie director.

In 2009, Mangold was signed by Universal Pictures to direct Juliet, based on a novel by the Danish author Anne Fortier.[14] In 2011 Paramount acquired the rights[15] of the movie with the writers Eyal Podell, Jonathon E. Stewart, Aryan Saha, Chad and Dara Creasey on board to develop the script.

Mangold at the San Diego Comic-Con to promote The Wolverine, 2013.

In June 2011, Mangold was hired, initially just to direct the X-Men movie The Wolverine. Along with screenwriters Christopher McQuarrie, Scott Frank and Mark Bomback, Mangold also adapted the screenplay based upon Frank Miller and Chris Claremont's Japanese Wolverine saga and entered production in Japan and Australia in July 2012. He completed photography in November of the same year. On release, it was a box office success, ending up with a worldwide gross of $414,828,246 with a budget of $120 million, according to Box Office Mojo.[16]

Following the box office success and moderate critical response to The Wolverine, Mangold signed on to write the story and direct the sequel, Logan (2017). The film marked Mangold and Jackman's third collaboration. Scott Frank was hired to return as co-screenwriter, working as a team with Mangold and Michael Green.[17] The development of the film was lengthy, with Jackman citing his and Mangold's desire to do the character justice for his last time in the role.[18][19] The film incorporated elements from Mark Millar's Old Man Logan run on the comics.[20] Mangold has stated that the plot primarily focuses on character development, rather than superhero spectacle.[21] Logan was a commercial success, and received high praise for its gritty approach on the titular character and emotional depth. Often called one of the greatest superhero films of all time, the movie also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, becoming the first live-action superhero movie to be nominated for Adapted Screenplay, as well as Mangold's first Oscar nomination.[22][23]

In March 2017, Mangold was in negotiations with Fox to develop and direct an adaptation of Don Winslow's upcoming novel The Force about corrupt NYPD officers.[24] In June 2017, Fox set a release date for The Force for March 1, 2019.[25] The release date was not met, as the film was still in development. Later in February 2018, it was announced that 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.[26] The film, titled Ford v. Ferrari, was released in November 2019 to critical acclaim. The film received 4 nominations including Best Picture, with two wins for Best Film Editing and Best Sound Editing at the 92nd Academy Awards.[27][28]

In January 2020, it was announced that Mangold would direct a biopic featuring the life of the singer Bob Dylan, with Timothée Chalamet starring as Dylan.[29]

In February 2020, it was announced that Mangold was in talks to direct the untitled fifth Indiana Jones film, taking over for Steven Spielberg, who will instead act as producer.[30] In May 2020, it was officially confirmed that Mangold will serve as director.[31]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	Producer	Notes
1988	Oliver & Company	No	Yes	No
1995	Heavy	Yes	Yes	No
1997	Cop Land	Yes	Yes	No
1999	Girl, Interrupted	Yes	Yes	No
2001	Lift	No	No	Executive
	Kate & Leopold	Yes	Yes	No	Also ucredited cameo as "Irate Director Richard"
2002	The Sweetest Thing	No	No	No	Cameo as "Dr. Greg"
2003	Identity	Yes	No	No
2005	Walk the Line	Yes	Yes	No	National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
2007	3:10 to Yuma	Yes	No	No
2010	Knight and Day	Yes	No	No	Also script revisions (uncredited)
2013	The Wolverine	Yes	No	No
2017	Logan	Yes	Yes	Executive	National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Nominated– Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated– Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
	The Greatest Showman	No	No	Executive
2019	Ford v Ferrari	Yes	No	Yes	National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Nominated– Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated– Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture
2020	The Call of the Wild	No	No	Yes
2022	Indiana Jones 5	Yes	TBA	No
TBA	Juliet	Yes	No	Yes	Pre-production
	Crenshaw	Yes	No	Yes	Announced
	Going Electric	Yes	No	Yes
	The Force	Yes	No	Yes

Television

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Screenwriter	Notes
1988	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	No	No	Yes	Episode: "The Deacon Street Deer"
1992	Claymation Easter	No	No	Story	Television special
2006–2008	Men in Trees	Yes	Executive	No	Director (Episode: "Pilot") / Executive producer (36 episodes)
2012	NYC 22	Yes	No	No	Episode: "Pilot"
2012–2013	Vegas	Yes	Executive	No	Director (Episode: "Pilot") / Executive producer (21 episodes)
2015–2017	Zoo	No	Executive	No	21 episodes; also executive consultant
2017–2018	Damnation	No	Executive	No	10 episodes
2019–present	City on a Hill	No	Consulting	No	10 episodes

Collaborations

Collaborator	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)	The Wolverine (2013)	Logan (2017)	Ford v. Ferrari (2019)	Total
Christian Bale							N				N	2
Marco Beltrami							N		N	N	N	4
Viola Davis				N				N				2
Clea DuVall			N		N							2
Debbie Harry	N	N										2
Hugh Jackman				N					N	N		3
Ray Liotta		N			N							2
Robert Patrick		N				N						2
Dallas Roberts						N	N					2
Pruitt Taylor Vince	N				N							2

Awards received by Mangold films

Year	Film	Academy Awards		BAFTA Awards		Golden Globe Awards
		Nominations	Wins	Nominations	Wins	Nominations	Wins
1999	Girl, Interrupted	1	1			1	1
2001	Kate & Leopold	1				2	1
2005	Walk the Line	5	1	4	2	3	3
2007	3:10 to Yuma	2
2017	Logan	1
2019	Ford v Ferrari	4	2	3	1	1
Total		14	4	7	3	7	5

Directed Academy Award performances

Mangold has directed multiple Academy Award-winning and nominated performances.

Year	Performer	Film	Result
Academy Award for Best Actor
2005	Joaquin Phoenix	Walk the Line	Nominated
Academy Award for Best Actress
2005	Reese Witherspoon	Walk the Line	Won
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1999	Angelina Jolie	Girl, Interrupted	Won

References

1. Jeng, Jonah (March 6, 2017). "Walking within the Lines: The Films of James Mangold". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
2. The films that influenced Logan: director James Mangold on the new Wolverine movie | BFI
3. 2018|Oscars.org
4. 2020|Oscars.org
5. Esther, John (Winter 2007). "Avoiding Labels and Lullabies: An Interview with James Mangold". Cineaste. 33 (1). Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
6. "Interview: 'Logan' director James Mangold." Applebaum, Steven. The Jewish Chronicle. Published March 3, 2017. Accessed April 8, 2017.
7. Ivry, Bob (January 11, 2000). "Director brought edge to 'chick flick'". Reading Eagle. p. D5. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
8. James Mangold Interview on Sammy Going South DVD
9. James Mangold | Columbia University School of the Arts Archived December 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Arts.columbia.edu (June 24, 2010). Retrieved on March 11, 2017.
10. Blair, Ian (August 21, 1997). "Mangold gets big names to come on board". New Straits Times. p. 5. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
11. Turner, Miki (December 26, 2001). "Hugh Jackman's Charm". Lakeland Ledger. p. D5. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
12. Tinsley, Brad (September 12, 2003). "'Identity' is a hair-raiser; 'Anger Management' frustrates (Review)". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. p. D7. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
13. "James Mangold". Variety.
14. Kit, Borys (January 6, 2009). "Wherefore art thou, 'Juliet'? It's at Uni". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
15. Anderton, Ethan (September 8, 2011). "Paramount Sets James Mangold to Direct Adaptation of 'Juliet' Novel". FirstShowing.net. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
16. "The Wolverine". Box Office Mojo.
17. Vejvoda, Jim (March 28, 2015). "Hugh Jackman: 'Wolverine … One Last Time'". IGN. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
18. Couch, Aaron (October 4, 2016). "Hugh Jackman Offers 'Wolverine 3' Update: It's "Very Different in Tone"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
19. Montes, Charmaine (February 3, 2016). "'Wolverine 3' Update: Hugh Jackman Reveals Script Is Almost Finished, Release Date Expected 2017". The Christian Post. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
20. Katzman, Gregg (July 12, 2015). "'Wolverine': Hugh Jackman Teases 'Old Man Logan' During Comic-Con". Screen Rant. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
21. Davis, Brandon (March 2, 2017). "James Mangold Reveals How Logan Is Different From Other Super Hero Movies". Comicbook.com. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
22. Saad, Nardine (January 23, 2018). "'Logan' Director James Mangold Surprised that Wolverine Film Got Him His First Oscar Nod for Adapted Screenplay". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
23. "Call Me by Your Name" wins Best Adapted Screenplay - Oscars on YouTube
24. McNary, Dave (March 16, 2017). "'Logan's' James Mangold to Direct Fox's NYPD Drama 'The Force'". Variety. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
25. McNary, Dave (June 29, 2017). "Fox to Release NYPD Thriller 'The Force' in March 2019". Variety. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
26. Lang, Brent (February 5, 2018). "James Mangold to Direct Ford vs. Ferrari Film as 'Logan' Follow-Up (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
27. "Oscar Nominations 2020: The Complete List". Variety. January 13, 2020. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
28. "Parasite" wins Best Picture - Oscars on YouTube
29. Stedman, Alex (January 6, 2020). "Timothee Chalamet to Play Bob Dylan in Film Directed by James Mangold". Variety. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
30. Gaulppo, Mia (February 26, 2020). "James Mangold in talks to replace steven spielberg as 'indiana jones 5' director". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
31. Lawrence, Gregory (May 25, 2020). "'Indiana Jones 5': Frank Marshall Updates Us on Script, Praises New Director James Mangold". Collider. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

External links

• James Mangold on IMDb
• James Mangold on Rotten Tomatoes