James B. Appleton

Movies

Spaceman
Boom Operator
During a research mission, an astronaut discovers that his marriage is in trouble. Luckily, he has the help of a mysterious creature hidden in his ship.
The Holdovers
Boom Operator
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
Dead Reckoning
Sound Mixer
Tillie Gardner has been rocked to her core by the tragic death of her parents in a plane crash. She copes with the help of local cab driver Niko, with whom she began a summer romance on the island of Nantucket. But what she doesn't know is that Marco, the man who sabotaged her parents' plane, is on his way to Nantucket to set another terrifying scheme into motion. Can she uncover his dark secret and gather her wits to stop him in time?
Zeroville
Sound Mixer
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.
A Rainy Day in New York
Utility Sound
Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend, but once they arrive they're met with bad weather and a series of adventures.
High Flying Bird
Boom Operator
During an NBA lockout, a sports agent, Ray Burke, presents his rookie client, Erick Scott, with an intriguing and controversial business opportunity.
Ben Is Back
Utility Sound
19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.
Puzzle
Utility Sound
After years of caring exclusively for the needs of her husband and children, Agnes, a devoted housewife living in a small town near New York, has found something she really enjoys doing: solving puzzles.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Sound Mixer
Pennsylvania, 1993. After getting caught with another girl, teenager Cameron Post is sent to a conversion therapy center run by the strict Dr. Lydia Marsh and her brother, Reverend Rick, whose treatment consists in repenting for feeling “same sex attraction.” Cameron befriends fellow sinners Jane and Adam, thus creating a new family to deal with the surrounding intolerance.
Unsane
Boom Operator
A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear.