James W. Skotchdopole
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James W. Skotchdopole is an American film producer. He has produced films such as Birdman and The Revenant.
Career
Raised in New York, Skotchdopole career in the film industry began in 1982. In 1984, Skotchdopole became the youngest member to be accepted into the Directors Guild of America. Skotchdopole served as an Executive producer on four of Director Tony Scott's films, and collaborated with Nora Ephron three times. He also worked as an Executive producer with Quentin Tarantino twice, on Death Proof and Django Unchained.[1] As a producer on Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman, Skotchdopole won an Academy Award for Best Picture at the 87th Academy Awards.[2] Iñárritu and Skotchdopole collaborated again in 2015 with The Revenant.
Filmography
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1990 | Naked Tango | Associate producer | |
1993 | Sleepless in Seattle | Associate producer | |
True Romance | Co-producer | ||
1994 | Mixed Nuts | Executive producer | |
1995 | Crimson Tide | Associate producer | |
1996 | The Fan | Executive producer | |
1998 | Enemy of the State | Executive producer | |
2000 | Company Man | ||
Sand | |||
2001 | Spy Game | Executive producer | |
2004 | Man on Fire | Executive producer | |
2005 | Bewitched | Executive producer | |
2007 | Grindhouse | Line producer | |
Death Proof | Line producer | ||
2008 | The Women | Executive producer | |
Surfer, Dude | Executive producer | ||
2010 | My Own Love Song | Executive producer | |
2011 | Violet & Daisy | Executive producer | |
2012 | Lay the Favorite | Executive producer | |
Upside Down | Executive producer | ||
Django Unchained | Executive producer | ||
2014 | Birdman | Won Academy Award for Best Picture.[2] | |
2015 | Accidental Love | Executive producer | |
The Revenant | |||
2017 | War Machine | Executive producer | |
2018 | Furlough | Executive producer | |
2021 | Crisis | Co-executive producer | |
TBA |
The Joy Division |
- Second unit director or assistant director
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1985 | Turk 182 | Second assistant director | |
A Chorus Line | |||
1986 | The Money Pit | ||
Brighton Beach Memoirs | |||
1987 | Mannequin | ||
Ishtar | |||
The Untouchables | |||
The Believers | Second assistant director: New York | ||
1988 | Biloxi Blues | Second assistant director | |
Moon over Parador | |||
Scrooged | |||
1989 | Dead Bang | ||
1990 | Revenge | ||
Days of Thunder | First assistant director | ||
1991 | What About Bob? | ||
The Last Boy Scout | |||
1992 | Housesitter | ||
1993 | Sleepless in Seattle | ||
True Romance | |||
1994 | Mixed Nuts | First assistant director Second unit director |
Uncredited |
1995 | Crimson Tide | First assistant director | |
1996 | The Fan | ||
1998 | Enemy of the State | Second unit director | Uncredited |
2000 | Sand | Second assistant director | |
2001 | Spy Game | Second unit director | Uncredited |
2005 | Bewitched | ||
2008 | The Women |
- Production manager
Year | Film | Role |
---|---|---|
2001 | Spy Game | Unit production manager: Morocco |
2012 | Lay the Favorite | Unit production manager |
Django Unchained | ||
2014 | Birdman | |
2015 | The Revenant |
- Miscellaneous crew
Year | Film | Role |
---|---|---|
1983 | Easy Money | Production assistant |
Eddie and the Cruisers | ||
A Night in Heaven | ||
Slayground | ||
1984 | The Lonely Guy | |
Firstborn | ||
The Cotton Club | ||
2010 | Just Wright | Production consultant |
- Thanks
Year | Film | Role |
---|---|---|
2013 | The Spectacular Now | The producers wish to thank |
2016 | The Comedian | The producers wish to thank the following for their assistance |
Television
Year | Title | Credit |
---|---|---|
2020 | Mrs. America | Co-executive producer |
2022 | The Peripheral | Co-executive producer |
2024 | Fallout | Unit production manager |
- Production manager
Year | Title | Role |
---|---|---|
2020 | Mrs. America | Unit production manager |
- Miscellaneous crew
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1984 | A Doctor's Story | Production assistant | Television film |
References
- ^ "James W. Skotchdopole | Mrs. America FX on Hulu". FX. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ a b "2015 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". www.oscars.org. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
External links
- James W. Skotchdopole at IMDb
- Strauss, Jordan (February 23, 2015). "James W. Skotchdopole, Sean Penn, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, John Lesher". havasunews.com. Retrieved February 23, 2015.</ref>