James Gray

James Gray

1969-04-14 New York City, New York, USA 33 Credits

Biography

James Gray (born April 14, 1969) is an American film director and screenwriter. Since his feature debut Little Odessa in 1994, he has made seven other features, including We Own the Night (2007), Two Lovers (2008), The Immigrant (2013), The Lost City of Z (2016), Ad Astra (2019), and Armageddon Time (2022). Five of his films have competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Gray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on...

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Faye

Faye

2024

as Self

6.5
Acting

Through honest reflection, complemented by insight from colleagues and friends, Faye Dunaway contextualizes her life and filmography, laying bare her ...

Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes

Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes

2024

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

6.6
Acting

The story of the rise to stardom of Joaquin Phoenix, an actor of magnetic physique, tumultuous past, socially committed, who for years has offered out...

Room 999

Room 999

2023

as Self

5.8
Acting

In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in Cannes...

Armageddon Time

Armageddon Time

2022

Writer, Director, Producer

6.5
Writing Directing Producing

In 1980, Queens, New York, a young Jewish boy befriends a rebellious African-American classmate to the disapproval of his privileged family and begins...

Windfall

Windfall

2022

Thanks

5.4

A man breaks into a tech billionaire's empty vacation home, but things go sideways when the arrogant mogul and his wife arrive for a last-minute getaw...

Reach for the Stars

Reach for the Stars

2019

as Self

10.0
Acting

Multipart Documentaries released with the BluRay of the movie, looking into the creation and production of Ad Astra, with interviews of Cast and Crew....

Le Nozze di Figaro

Le Nozze di Figaro

2019

Stage Director, Director

Directing

In this new "Marriage of Figaro", Jérémie Rhorer revisits this composer and US film director James Gray makes his first foray into opera. This opera i...

Ad Astra

Ad Astra

2019

Screenplay, Producer, Director

6.1
Writing Producing Directing

The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy ...

Diane

Diane

2019

Thanks

6.2

Diane is a devoted friend and caretaker, particularly to her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her...

An American Named Kazan

An American Named Kazan

2019

as Self

6.0
Acting

Elia Kazan represented the American dream. An immigrant who came without anything and who became the Prince of Hollywood and Broadway after World War ...

The Lost City of Z

The Lost City of Z

2017

Director, Screenplay, Producer

6.4
Directing Writing Producing

A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilizati...

Swift Current

Swift Current

2016

Executive Producer

Producing

Former NHL hockey player Sheldon Kennedy was sexually abused by his junior hockey coach, and has since become one a leading advocate for victims of ch...

Afro-Woman: 2016 CE

Afro-Woman: 2016 CE

2016

Thanks

A dark, strange psychological trip following a woman fighting two different versions of herself.

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock/Truffaut

2015

as Self

7.3
Acting

Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and pu...

The Rover

The Rover

2014

Thanks

6.3

Ten years after a severe economic collapse in the western world, lawlessness reigns and life is cheap. Eric is a lone drifter, and his car is his only...

The Immigrant

The Immigrant

2013

Director, Producer, Writer

6.3
Directing Producing Writing

1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with ...

Blood Ties

Blood Ties

2013

Thanks, Executive Producer, Screenplay

6.1
Producing Writing

Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.

Dreamers

Dreamers

2012

as Self

6.0
Acting

Dreamers is a film directed by Noelle Deschamps in 2012. Creation was always imagined as a mysterious process. Following these filmmakers, brings to l...

Lucky Boy

2011

Thanks

On the night of his marriage proposal, a lovesick man must confront his darkest secrets or risk losing his girlfriend.

Godard Made in USA

Godard Made in USA

2010

as Self

Acting

Documentary by Luc Lagier exploring Godard's career as a filmmaker, the production of Breathless and his influence and his relationship with American ...

I'm Still Here

I'm Still Here

2010

Thanks

6.0

I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as...

Two Lovers

Two Lovers

2008

Director, Writer, Producer

6.9
Directing Writing Producing

A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.

We Own the Night

We Own the Night

2007

Screenplay, Director

6.7
Writing Directing

A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.

The Yards

The Yards

2000

Director, Writer

6.2
Directing Writing

In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. W...

At Sundance

At Sundance

1995

as Self

5.5
Acting

A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew Harrison, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Greg A...

Little Odessa

Little Odessa

1994

Director, Writer

6.4
Directing Writing

Long separated from his family, hitman Joshua returns to Brighton Beach for a contract killing for the Russian Mafia. His abusive father, Arkady, bann...

Cowboys and Angels

Cowboys and Angels

1991

Director

Directing

This is James Gray's student film from the University of Southern California. A private investigator who is hired to bring a man's 16-year-old runaway...

The Making of We Own the Night

N/A

as Self

Acting

The cast and crew talk about We Own the Night. Written and directed by James Gray.

Mayday 109

N/A

Screenplay, Director

Writing Directing

John F. Kennedy's PT boat comes under attack by a Japanese warship in World War II.

Ezekiel Moss

N/A

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

During the Great Depression, a young, imaginative boy living in a small town in Nebraska befriends a mysterious drifter who may have the supernatural ...

I Am Pilgrim

N/A

Director

Directing

A former spy is called up out of retirement to assist in an unusual investigation.

Paper Tiger

N/A

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Two brothers pursue the American Dream, only to become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true. As they try to navigate their w...

Kill Your Darlings

N/A

Director

Directing

Tom and Wendy Graves, married for 25 years, have a life-changing secret. The story follows them through key moments, including their fiftieth birthday...