James Platten Vanderbilt (born November 17, 1975)
is an American filmmaker best known for the films ''
Zodiac
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'' (2007), ''
White House Down
''White House Down'' is a 2013 American political action thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by James Vanderbilt. In the film, a divorced US Capitol Police officer attempts to rescue both his daughter and the President of ...
'' (2013), ''
The Amazing Spider-Man
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'' (2012), ''
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
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'' (2014), ''
Independence Day: Resurgence'' (2016), ''
Murder Mystery
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'' (2019) and ''
Scream'' (2022). He also contributed as producer for the films ''
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
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Plo ...
'' (2018) and ''
Ready or Not'' (2019), where he cameoed as demon Mr. Le Bail.
Early life
A member of the
Vanderbilt family
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of New York, James Vanderbilt is the son of Alison Campbell (''née'' Platten) and
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt III. His paternal great-grandfather
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Sr. died on the in the
1915 sinking, his paternal grandfather,
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr., once chaired the
New York Racing Association
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, and his maternal grandfather, Donald Campbell Platten, was the chief executive and chairman of
Chemical Bank
Chemical Bank was a bank with headquarters in New York City from 1824 until 1996. At the end of 1995, Chemical was the third-largest bank in the U.S., with about $182.9 billion in assets and more than 39,000 employees around the world.
Beginning ...
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Vanderbilt was raised in
Norwalk, Connecticut
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, and attended school at
New Canaan Country School
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...
. He is a graduate of
St. Paul's School and the
University of Southern California
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.
Career
His production company, Mythology Entertainment, started in 2011. It was later reincorporated into Project X Entertainment as of 2019.
In May 2016, Mythology acquired intellectual property rights to
Slender Man
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from the character's creator Eric Knudsen. Vanderbilt later produced a
film adaptation of the character in 2018.
In 2020, Vanderbilt co-wrote the script for the
fifth installment of the
''Scream'' franchise, starring
Neve Campbell
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Following a series of minor ...
,
David Arquette
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,
Courteney Cox
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,
Melissa Barrera
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,
Jenna Ortega
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,
Jack Quaid
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,
Marley Shelton
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,
Dylan Minnette
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,
Mason Gooding
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,
Kyle Gallner
Kyle Steven Gallner (born October 22, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas in the television series ''Veronica Mars'', superhero Bart Allen in the drama series ''Smallville'' and Reed Garrett ...
,
Jasmin Savoy Brown
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,
Mikey Madison
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and
Sonia Ben Ammar
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Ben ...
. The film was released on January 14, 2022.
Filmography
Executive producer
* ''
Altered Carbon
''Altered Carbon'' is a 2002 cyberpunk novel by the English writer Richard K. Morgan. Set in a future in which interstellar travel and relative immortality is facilitated by transferring consciousnesses between bodies ("sleeves"), it follows t ...
'' (2018)
* ''
Suspiria'' (2018)
* ''
American Dream/American Knightmare'' (Documentary)
References
External links
*
James Vanderbilt interview in Creative Screenwriting Magazine
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1975 births
American people of Dutch descent
American male screenwriters
Living people
University of Southern California alumni
James
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