James Mangold

Producer
Director
Writer

Announced at Star Wars Celebration 2023, Filmmaker James Mangold ('Logan', 'Walk the Line', and 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny') will direct a Star Wars film about the Dawn of the Jedi. Set 25,000 years before the Prequel Trilogy, Mangold is writing a script that investigates the first person to discover the Force. He speaks to IMDb about working on big-budget franchise films and what Biblical epics inspired his leap into that galaxy far, far away.

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James Mangold is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. Films he has directed include Girl, Interrupted (1999), Walk the Line (2005), which he also co-wrote, the 2007 remake 3:10 to Yuma (2007), The Wolverine (2013), and Logan (2017).

Mangold also wrote and directed Cop Land (1997), starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, and Ray Liotta.

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 13 wins & 34 nominations total

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Known for

Logan

8.1

Producer

2017

Ford v Ferrari

8.1

Producer(p.g.a.)

2019

Walk the Line

7.8

Director

2005

Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, Mads Mikkelsen, Ethann Isidore, Boyd Holbrook, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Shaunette Renée Wilson in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

6.5

Director(directed by)

2023

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Producer

A Complete Unknown
7.8
- producer (p.g.a.)
- 2024
City on a Hill
7.6
TV Series
- consulting producer
- 2019–2022
The Call of the Wild
6.7
- producer (produced by, p.g.a.)
- 2020
Ford v Ferrari
8.1
- producer (p.g.a.)
- 2019
The Greatest Showman
7.5
- executive producer
- 2017
Damnation
7.6
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2017
Zoo
6.7
TV Series
- executive consultant
- executive producer
- 2015–2017
Logan
8.1
- executive producer
- 2017
Vegas
7.3
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2012–2013
Men in Trees
7.2
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2006–2008
Lift
6.2
- executive producer
- 2001

Director

A Complete Unknown
7.8
- Director
- 2024
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
6.5
- Director (directed by)
- 2023
Ford v Ferrari
8.1
- Director
- 2019
Logan
8.1
- Director
- 2017
The Wolverine
6.7
- Director
- 2013
Vegas
7.3
TV Series
- Director
- 2012
NYC 22
6.5
TV Series
- Director
- 2012
Knight and Day
6.3
- Director
- 2010
3:10 to Yuma
7.6
- Director
- 2007
Men in Trees
7.2
TV Series
- Director
- 2006
Walk the Line
7.8
- Director
- 2005
Identity
7.3
- Director
- 2003
Kate & Leopold
6.4
- Director
- 2001
Girl, Interrupted
7.3
- Director
- 1999
Cop Land
7.0
- Director
- 1997

Writer

A Complete Unknown
7.8
- screenplay
- 2024
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
6.5
- written by
- 2023
Logan
8.1
- screenplay by
- story by
- 2017
Walk the Line
7.8
- written by
- 2005
Kate & Leopold
6.4
- screenplay
- 2001
Girl, Interrupted
7.3
- screenplay
- 1999
Cop Land
7.0
- written by
- 1997
Heavy
6.7
- written by
- 1995
Claymation Easter
6.8
TV Special
- story
- 1992
Oliver & Company
6.6
- animation screenplay
- 1988
The Magical World of Disney
8.4
TV Series
- written by (as James Allen Mangold)
- 1986

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Alternative name
- James Allen Mangold
Height
- 6′ (1.83 m)
Born
- December 16, 1963
- New York City, New York, USA
Spouse
- Cathy KonradAugust 7, 1998 - 2014 (divorced, 2 children)
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Was set to direct a Boba Fett standalone film for Star Wars in the vein of a spaghetti western, but he dropped out.

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We should be writing more great roles for women, period. Another problem is that movies are generally made for 14-year-old boys and 14-year-old boys want to watch 25-year-old action heroes.