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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Faye
2024
as Self
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
2024
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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
2023
as Self
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
2022
Writer, Director, Producer
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
2022
Thanks
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
2019
as Self
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
2019
Stage Director, Director
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
2019
Screenplay, Producer, Director
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
2019
Thanks
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
2019
as Self
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
2017
Director, Screenplay, Producer
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
2016
Executive Producer
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
2016
Thanks
A dark, strange psychological trip following a woman fighting two different versions of herself.

Hitchcock/Truffaut
2015
as Self
Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and pu...

The Rover
2014
Thanks
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
2013
Director, Producer, Writer
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
2013
Thanks, Executive Producer, Screenplay
Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.

Dreamers
2012
as Self
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
2010
as Self
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
2010
Thanks
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
2008
Director, Writer, Producer
A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.

We Own the Night
2007
Screenplay, Director
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.

The Yards
2000
Director, Writer
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
1995
as Self
A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew Harrison, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Greg A...

Little Odessa
1994
Director, Writer
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
1991
Director
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
The cast and crew talk about We Own the Night. Written and directed by James Gray.
Mayday 109
N/A
Screenplay, Director
John F. Kennedy's PT boat comes under attack by a Japanese warship in World War II.
Ezekiel Moss
N/A
Director, Screenplay
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
A former spy is called up out of retirement to assist in an unusual investigation.
Paper Tiger
N/A
Director, Writer
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
Tom and Wendy Graves, married for 25 years, have a life-changing secret. The story follows them through key moments, including their fiftieth birthday...