James Ponsoldt

James Ponsoldt

1978-09-05 Athens, Georgia, USA 16 Credits

Biography

James Adam Ponsoldt (born 1978) is an American film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed the drama films Off the Black (2006) and Smashed (2012), the romantic comedy-drama The Spectacular Now (2013), and the dramas The End of the Tour (2015) and The Circle (2017). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Ponsoldt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Once More, Like Rain Man

Once More, Like Rain Man

2024

as Director 2

Acting

‘It’s up to you to make a future that has you in it…’ We follow Zoe and her dad, Gerry in a ‘day in the life’ of an autistic actress running the gambi...

Summering

Summering

2022

Producer, Director, Writer

4.4
Producing Directing Writing

Four best friends, on the brink of starting middle school, realize their lives are about to change forever. So on the last weekend of summer, they set...

The Circle

The Circle

2017

Screenplay, Director

5.5
Writing Directing

A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situati...

The End of the Tour

The End of the Tour

2015

Director

7.0
Directing

The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right af...

Mountain Low

2014

Producer

Producing

A lonesome game warden spends one final afternoon with his estranged daughter before she moves to Tampa. When he sidetracks their Arby's lunch to insp...

The Spectacular Now

The Spectacular Now

2013

Director

6.7
Directing

Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in hi...

Sun Don't Shine

Sun Don't Shine

2013

Thanks

5.2

Crystal and her boyfriend Leo embark on a tense and mysterious road trip through the desolate yet hauntingly beautiful landscape of central Florida.

Smashed

Smashed

2012

Director, Writer

6.5
Directing Writing

Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying ...

Round Town Girls

Round Town Girls

2009

as Ronnie

Acting

Two gutter punks who call themselves Hymen Holoco$t terrorize an overly accommodating man for laughs.

Box Elder

2008

as Robby ‘Couv’ McGovern

7.5
Acting

Four best friends fart through their last years of college, hanging out, drinking and eating lots of sandwiches. Using break-ups and re-occurring scho...

Off the Black

Off the Black

2006

as Robby

5.4
Acting

An aging, disillusioned alcoholic gets a younger friend and wants him to pose as his son at a school reunion.

Off the Black

Off the Black

2006

Director, Writer

5.4
Directing Writing

An aging, disillusioned alcoholic gets a younger friend and wants him to pose as his son at a school reunion.

Porn 'n Chicken

Porn 'n Chicken

2002

as The Cowboy

3.2
Acting

In 1996, five overworked Yale undergrads formed a club to watch porno films on weekends while ingesting mass quantities of fried chicken and Miller Hi...

Inconstant Moon

N/A

Producer, Director

Producing Directing

How would you spend your last night on Earth? When the Moon suddenly starts shining brighter, Stan and Leslie realize the sun must have gone nova and ...

Sponsor

N/A

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

A drunk driver's court-ordered recovery program introduces him to an enigmatic 12-step guru — one who slowly drags him into a living hell.

I Want My MTV

N/A

Director, Producer, Writer

Directing Producing Writing

An adaptation of Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks's book with the same name.