James Gray
Director, Writer, ProducteurAbout
Born in New York, James Gray grew up in Queens and studied film at the University of Southern California (USC). He made his directorial debut in 1994 at the age of 25 with Little Odessa, widely acclaimed by critics and the profession. Nominated among others at the Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay, the film received the International Critics’ Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival as well as the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
In 2000, James Gray wrote and directed The Yards, his second feature and his first with actor Joaquin Phoenix, who would become a frequent collaborator, going on to star in his next three films. Presented the same year in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, the feature film also brought together Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Faye Dunaway, Ellen Burstyn and James Caan. In his next New York crime drama, We Own the Night, screened in competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for a César in 2008 for Best Foreign Film, the director reunited with Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix alongside Eva Mendes and Robert Duvall. In 2008, he directed the romantic drama Two Lovers, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw and Isabella Rossellini. The film also premiered in competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and received a nomination for the César for Best Foreign Film the year after.
In 2013, James Gray turned to a historical subject with The Immigrant, which follows the journey of a Polish immigrant who arrives in the United States and played by Marion Cotillard. Premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, the feature film received numerous awards including the New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Actress for its lead performer and for Best Cinematography. That same year, he cowrote the script of Blood Ties, a thriller later shot in the USA by the French actor and director.
Director
2022 Armageddon Time */**
2019 Ad Astra */**
2016 The Lost City of Z */**
2014 The Red Road – TV
2013 The Immigrant */**
2008 Two Lovers */**
2007 We Own the Night *
2000 The Yards *
1994 Little Odessa *
Screenwriter
2013 Blood Ties Guillaume Canet **
* Also screenwriter
** Also producer
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We Own the Night
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