Biography
James C. Strouse is an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote the film Lonesome Jim (2005), directed by Steve Buscemi. He wrote and made his directorial debut with Grace Is Gone (2007) starring John Cusack. Strouse won an Audience Award for most popular dramatic feature and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival for the film. He next wrote and directed the film The Winning Season, starring Sam Rockwell and Emma Roberts. Strouse is a native of Goshen, Ind...
Complete Filmography
Love Again
2023
Screenplay, Director
Mira Ray, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, John, sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number… not realizing the number was reass...
The Incredible Jessica James
2017
Writer, Director
Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.
The Hollars
2016
Executive Producer, Writer
Aspiring New York City artist John Hollar returns to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend, e...
People, Places, Things
2015
Director, Writer
Will Henry is a newly single graphic novelist balancing being a parent to his young twin daughters and teaching a classroom full of college students, ...
The Winning Season
2009
Writer, Director
A comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team
New York, I Love You
2008
Writer
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond Dist...
Grace Is Gone
2007
Director, Screenplay
Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip, all the while searching for the right time and plac...
Lonesome Jim
2005
Screenplay
After failing to find success as a writer in New York City, Jim slinks back to his family's home in the Midwest to lick his wounds. But his visit is q...