Tracy Letts, left, Sarah Gadon, Logan Lerman, James Schamus and Philip Ettinger from the film “Indignation” at the Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah, in January.

James Schamus: I’ll give you the same answer I’ve given for over 30 years, which is, I don’t have an elevator pitch, and I don’t have a pitch per se for MFAs in any way, ...

James Schamus and Ang Lee (Photo by Dave Allocca)Dave Allocca Life After Death. Speaking to Schamus in the plush basement of Manhattan’s Crosby Street Hotel, almost two years since his seemingly ...

In his directorial debut, James Schamus tackles the famously difficult Philip Roth Logan Lerman, Danny Burstein and Linda Emond in “Indignation,” based on a semi-autobiographical novel by ...

James Schamus will make his feature directing debut with his adaptation of Philip Roth’s best-selling novel Indignation.. The former Focus Features head will reteam with his longtime ...

James Schamus -- a fast-talking New Yorker with a weakness for bow ties and bookish round glasses -- is frequently described as an intellectual, even an egghead.

Schamus, a producer and screenwriter, worked with Ang Lee on “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “The Ice Storm.” his directorial debut, based on Philip Roth’s “Indignation,” opens ...

Producer, screenwriter and Focus Features CEO James Schamus launched his career two decades ago with the influential indie shingle Good Machine and his first collaboration with Ang Lee, the ...

Schamus is one of 30 filmmakers celebrating the 30th anniversary of Strand Releasing by directing a new short film. If you’re going to listen to anyone wax poetic on the history of cinema and ...