James Mangold

James Allen Mangold is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Noted for his versatility in tackling a range of genres, Mangold made his debut as a film director with Heavy (1995), and is best known for the films Cop Land (1997), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Identity (2003), Walk the Line (2005), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and two films in the X-Men franchise with The Wolverine (2013) and Logan (2017), the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He then directed the sports drama film Ford v Ferrari (2019), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and directed and co-wrote Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), the fifth and final installment in the Indiana Jones series.

16 December 1963

Born on the same birth date (16 December 1963): Benjamin Bratt • Cathy Johnston-Forbes

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Born in the same month (December 1963): Ann Patchett • Ante Zelck • Barbara Weathers • Benjamin Bratt • Brian McMillan • Craig Teitzel • Empress Masako • Govinda (actor) • Helen Slater • John Lammers (footballer) • Mary Ramsey (musician) • Nathalie Lambert • Ricky Walford • Til Schweiger • Ulf Kristersson