James W. Skotchdopole

James W. Skotchdopole is an American film producer. He has produced films such as Birdman and The Revenant.

Career Raised in New York, Skotchdopole career in the film industry began in 1982. In 1984, Skotchdopole became the youngest member to be accepted into the Directors Guild of America. Skotchdopole served as an Executive producer on four of Director Tony Scott's films, and collaborated with Nora Ephron three times. He also worked as an Executive producer with Quentin Tarantino twice, on Death Proof and Django Unchained. As a producer on Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman, Skotchdopole won an Academy Award for Best Picture at the 87th Academy Awards. Iñárritu and Skotchdopole collaborated again in 2015 with The Revenant.

Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film Year Film Credit Notes 1990 Naked Tango Associate producer 1993 Sleepless in Seattle Associate producer True Romance Co-producer 1994 Mixed Nuts Executive producer 1995 Crimson Tide Associate producer 1996 The Fan Executive producer 1998 Enemy of the State Executive producer 2000 Company Man Sand 2001 Spy Game Executive producer 2004 Man on Fire Executive producer 2005 Bewitched Executive producer 2007 Grindhouse Line producer Death Proof Line producer 2008 The Women Executive producer Surfer, Dude Executive producer 2010 My Own Love Song Executive producer 2011 Violet & Daisy Executive producer 2012 Lay the Favorite Executive producer Upside Down Executive producer Django Unchained Executive producer 2014 Birdman Won Academy Award for Best Picture. 2015 Accidental Love Executive producer The Revenant 2017 War Machine Executive producer 2018 Furlough Executive producer 2021 Crisis Co-executive producer 2025 Play Dirty Producer The Joy Division

Second unit director or assistant director

Year Film Role Notes 1985 Turk 182 Second assistant director A Chorus Line 1986 The Money Pit Brighton Beach Memoirs 1987 Mannequin Ishtar The Untouchables The Believers Second assistant director: New York 1988 Biloxi Blues Second assistant director Moon over Parador Scrooged 1989 Dead Bang 1990 Revenge Days of Thunder First assistant director 1991 What About Bob? The Last Boy Scout 1992 Housesitter 1993 Sleepless in Seattle True Romance 1994 Mixed Nuts First assistant directorSecond unit director Uncredited 1995 Crimson Tide First assistant director 1996 The Fan 1998 Enemy of the State Second unit director Uncredited 2000 Sand Second assistant director 2001 Spy Game Second unit director Uncredited 2005 Bewitched 2008 The Women

Production manager

Year Film Role 2001 Spy Game Unit production manager: Morocco 2012 Lay the Favorite Unit production manager Django Unchained 2014 Birdman 2015 The Revenant

Miscellaneous crew

Year Film Role 1983 Easy Money Production assistant Eddie and the Cruisers A Night in Heaven Slayground 1984 The Lonely Guy Firstborn The Cotton Club 2010 Just Wright Production consultant

Thanks

Year Film Role 2013 The Spectacular Now The producers wish to thank 2016 The Comedian The producers wish to thank the following for their assistance

Television Year Title Credit 2020 Mrs. America Co-executive producer 2022 The Peripheral Co-executive producer 2024 Fallout Executive producer, unit production manager (season 1)

Production manager

Year Title Role 2020 Mrs. America Unit production manager

Miscellaneous crew

Year Title Role Notes 1984 A Doctor's Story Production assistant Television film