James W. Skotchdopole is an American film producer. He has produced films such as Birdman and The Revenant.

Career

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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

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He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "James W. Skotchdopole | Mrs. America FX on Hulu". FX. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  2. ^ a b "2015 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". www.oscars.org. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
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