James Mangold is an acclaimed American film director, producer, and screenwriter with a career spanning over three decades. His body of work spans independent dramas, biopics, action films, comic book adaptations, and major franchise tentpoles, including Heavy (1995), Cop Land (1997), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Walk the Line (2005), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), The Wolverine (2013), Logan (2017), Ford v Ferrari (2019), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), and A Complete Unknown (2024). He has earned multiple Academy Award nominations, including Best Adapted Screenplay for Logan — the first live-action superhero film nominated in that category — as well as Best Picture nods for Ford v Ferrari and A Complete Unknown, and his first Best Director nomination for A Complete Unknown.
