Biography
James Foley (December 28, 1953 – May 6, 2025) was an American film director. His 1986 film At Close Range was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. Other films he directed include Glengarry Glen Ross, based on the play of the same name by David Mamet, and The Chamber, based on the novel of the same name by author John Grisham. He also directed the two sequels to Fifty Shades of Grey: Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018). Description above from the Wikiped...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Fifty Shades Freed
2018
Director
Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life ...

Fifty Shades Darker
2017
Director
When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she demands a new arrangement before she will give him another...
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
2013
as Self
A documentary about the influential independent film production company The Shooting Gallery.

Perfect Stranger
2007
Director
A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her best friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game o...

Confidence
2003
Director
What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting ...

Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
2002
as Self
Documentary on Jack Lemmon featuring interviews with those who knew him and worked with him.

The Corruptor
1999
Director
Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Ni...

Gun
1997
Director
Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.

The Chamber
1996
Director
Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has n...

Fear
1996
Director
Nicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything els...

Two Bits
1995
Director
It's a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philly, where 12-year old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding t...

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995
as Self
One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan Si...

Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
Director
When an office full of real estate salesmen is given the news that all but the top two will be fired at the end of the week, the atmosphere begins to ...

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1990
Writer, Director
The Immaculate Collection is the first commercially released greatest videos compilation by singer Madonna. Released on November 13, 1990 to accompany...

After Dark, My Sweet
1990
Director, Screenplay
Three desperados try to kidnap a wealthy child in hope of turning their lives around.

Who's That Girl
1987
Director
An uptight New York tax lawyer gets his life turned upside down, all in a single day, when he's asked to escort a feisty and free-spirited female ex-c...

At Close Range
1986
as Assistant D.A.
Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a ga...

At Close Range
1986
Director
Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a ga...

Madonna: The Virgin Tour — Live
1985
Director
Madonna: The Virgin Tour — Live contains the concert footage from The Virgin Tour, filmed at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on May 25, 1985. Madonna ...

Reckless
1984
Director
Teenager Johnny Rourke is reckless. Born on the wrong side of the tracks, he breaks the law and girls' hearts with equal cool. Cheerleader Tracey Pres...

Janie
1970
Screenplay
A sadistic teenager searching for "Daddy" murders and dismembers anybody who picks her up hitch-hiking.
Silent Night
N/A
Director
USC student short by James Foley. Two mental hospital attendants spend Christmas Eve caring for a group of patients and arguing with each other