Steve James
Nascimento : 1958-03-08, Hampton, Virginia, USA
História
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Steve James is an American film producer and director of several documentaries, including the award-winning Hoop Dreams and Stevie. He is also the director of the 1997 feature film Prefontaine. His newest film, The Interrupters, a portrayal of a year inside the lives of former gang members in Chicago who now intervene in violent conflicts, will be released in 2011 after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. The film is his sixth feature length collaboration with his long-time filmmaking home, the non-profit Chicago production studio Kartemquin Films, and is also his fifth feature to be accepted into the Sundance Film Festival.
He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, studying with Charles Harpole. His work, he tells journalist Robert K. Elder in an interview for The Film That Changed My Life, was strongly influenced by the film Harlan County, USA.
There’ve been many documentaries over the years that have powerfully impacted me. I think this one came along at the time when I was more interested in being a feature filmmaker than a documentary filmmaker. So it came along at the beginning of a process of moving from an interest in feature film to documentaries, and that’s where my career has taken me. It came along at the right time for me. It helped me see, “Ah, this is more what I want to do.”
Steve James also pulls influence from the original definition of the term cinema verite as it applies to the Rouch/Morin method of filmmaking. Just as with Rouch and Morin, the “people on camera and we in the audience are continually reminded that a film is being made, that we are watching a film.” We are reminded of this through James’ presence on screen as well as his cinematic editing techniques, in order to obtain, what he believes is a more accurate depiction of truth.
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Recruited in 1944 as an 18-year-old Harvard undergraduate to be the youngest physicist on the Manhattan Project, to create a bomb before the Germans did, Ted Hall didn’t share his colleagues’ elation after the successful detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb. Increasingly concerned during 1944—with Germany clearly losing the war—that a U.S. post-war monopoly on such a powerful weapon after the war could lead to nuclear catastrophe, he decided beginning that October to start passing key information about the bomb’s construction to the Soviet Union. After the war, at the University of Chicago, he met and married Joan, a fellow student with whom he shared a passion for classical music and socialist causes — and the explosive secret of his espionage. Living under a cloud of suspicion and years of FBI surveillance and intimidation, the pair raised a family while Ted refocused his scientific brilliance on groundbreaking bio-physics research.
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Recruited in 1944 as an 18-year-old Harvard undergraduate to be the youngest physicist on the Manhattan Project, to create a bomb before the Germans did, Ted Hall didn’t share his colleagues’ elation after the successful detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb. Increasingly concerned during 1944—with Germany clearly losing the war—that a U.S. post-war monopoly on such a powerful weapon after the war could lead to nuclear catastrophe, he decided beginning that October to start passing key information about the bomb’s construction to the Soviet Union. After the war, at the University of Chicago, he met and married Joan, a fellow student with whom he shared a passion for classical music and socialist causes — and the explosive secret of his espionage. Living under a cloud of suspicion and years of FBI surveillance and intimidation, the pair raised a family while Ted refocused his scientific brilliance on groundbreaking bio-physics research.
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Recruited in 1944 as an 18-year-old Harvard undergraduate to be the youngest physicist on the Manhattan Project, to create a bomb before the Germans did, Ted Hall didn’t share his colleagues’ elation after the successful detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb. Increasingly concerned during 1944—with Germany clearly losing the war—that a U.S. post-war monopoly on such a powerful weapon after the war could lead to nuclear catastrophe, he decided beginning that October to start passing key information about the bomb’s construction to the Soviet Union. After the war, at the University of Chicago, he met and married Joan, a fellow student with whom he shared a passion for classical music and socialist causes — and the explosive secret of his espionage. Living under a cloud of suspicion and years of FBI surveillance and intimidation, the pair raised a family while Ted refocused his scientific brilliance on groundbreaking bio-physics research.
Executive Producer
When a thriving, top-ranked African American elementary school is threatened to be replaced by a new high school favoring the community’s wealthier residents, parents, students and educators fight for the elementary school’s survival.
Executive Producer
Declining participation leads two Milwaukee area high schools—one black and urban, the other white and suburban—to combine their football programs. Tensions rise as the disparities between the two schools become increasingly apparent over the course of the season. At the center of the drama, the teenage athletes attempt to make sense of their adolescence in the face of the racial fissures in their community.
Executive Producer
Três jovens se juntam para conseguirem escapar de suas famílias voláteis e da cidade onde nasceram, localizada em uma parte dos EUA que passa por um declínio da indústria. Enfrentando a responsabilidade da vida adulta, revelações inesperadas ameaçam a longa amizade do grupo.
Executive Producer
Two boys escape from slavery, spend a year in a rehabilitation shelter, and eventually reunite with their families. Meanwhile, the man who rescued them launches another mission to liberate more children.
Executive Producer
Edith and Eddie, ages 96 and 95, are America's oldest interracial newlyweds. Their unusual and idyllic love story is threatened by a family feud that triggers a devastating abuse of the legal guardianship system.
Director
Um mergulho no singular processo da família Sung de imigrantes chineses, donos do banco Abacus Federal Savings, acusados de fraude hipotecária em 2012 pelo promotor de Nova York, Cyrus Vance Jr., na esteira da grave crise financeira de 2008. Durante cinco anos, Thomas Sung, o advogado nascido em Xangai que fundou o banco em 1984, e suas três filhas, moveram uma desgastante e custosa batalha contra as autoridades, defendendo-se das acusações de envolvimento com irregularidades atribuídas a seus empregados e de recebimento de propinas.
Director
This forty-minute program was produced by the Criterion Collection in 2014
Director
Everyone’s talking about it, but who can explain it? Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Productions and Morgan Spurlock’s Cinelan have partnered to produce WE THE ECONOMY 20 Short Films You Can’t Afford to Miss. Each film is helmed by an acclaimed filmmaker, each with their own creative vision. The series aims to drive awareness and establish a better understanding of the U.S. economy. Told through animation, comedy, musical, non-fiction, and scripted films, WE THE ECONOMY seeks to demystify a complicated topic while empowering the public to take control of their own economic futures.
Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
O crítico de cinema Roger Ebert foi um dos nomes mais conhecidos de seu ofício. Vencedor do prêmio Pulitzer, era um rosto popular devido a seu longevo programa de televisão e à criação dos “thumbs up” para classificar um bom filme. Este documentário mostra os últimos meses de vida de Ebert, ao lado de sua esposa Chaz e de sua família, com seu espírito batalhador e seu bom humor, na luta contra um câncer que o impediu de falar.
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O crítico de cinema Roger Ebert foi um dos nomes mais conhecidos de seu ofício. Vencedor do prêmio Pulitzer, era um rosto popular devido a seu longevo programa de televisão e à criação dos “thumbs up” para classificar um bom filme. Este documentário mostra os últimos meses de vida de Ebert, ao lado de sua esposa Chaz e de sua família, com seu espírito batalhador e seu bom humor, na luta contra um câncer que o impediu de falar.
Producer
O crítico de cinema Roger Ebert foi um dos nomes mais conhecidos de seu ofício. Vencedor do prêmio Pulitzer, era um rosto popular devido a seu longevo programa de televisão e à criação dos “thumbs up” para classificar um bom filme. Este documentário mostra os últimos meses de vida de Ebert, ao lado de sua esposa Chaz e de sua família, com seu espírito batalhador e seu bom humor, na luta contra um câncer que o impediu de falar.
Director
O crítico de cinema Roger Ebert foi um dos nomes mais conhecidos de seu ofício. Vencedor do prêmio Pulitzer, era um rosto popular devido a seu longevo programa de televisão e à criação dos “thumbs up” para classificar um bom filme. Este documentário mostra os últimos meses de vida de Ebert, ao lado de sua esposa Chaz e de sua família, com seu espírito batalhador e seu bom humor, na luta contra um câncer que o impediu de falar.
Producer
Former football player and wrestler Chris Nowinski's quest to publicize recent findings about the often dire consequences of head concussions sustained by athletes in contact sports — injuries that have previously been considered momentary setbacks and ignored in the name of toughness and dedication to the team.
Director
Former football player and wrestler Chris Nowinski's quest to publicize recent findings about the often dire consequences of head concussions sustained by athletes in contact sports — injuries that have previously been considered momentary setbacks and ignored in the name of toughness and dedication to the team.
Editor
The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters — former gang members who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once caused.
Cinematography
The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters — former gang members who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once caused.
Producer
The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters — former gang members who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once caused.
Director
The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters — former gang members who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once caused.
Self
Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself.
Amateur de fête (uncredited)
Francis e Marie são amigos inseparáveis. No entanto, suas vidas mudam quando conhecem Nicolas, charmoso rapaz do interior que acaba de se mudar para Montreal. Um encontro se sucede ao outro - seriam eles imaginários? - e os três logo se tornam um grupo inseparável. Mas Francis e Marie, ambos apaixonados por Nicolas, desenvolvem fantasias obsessivas em torno de seu objeto de desejo comum. À medida que atravessam as típicas fases da paixão, embarcam numa verdadeira disputa pela atenção do rapaz, comprometendo sua antiga amizade.
Editor
Sempre foram levantadas questões sobre a condenação de Allen Iverson por uma briga em que ele se envolveu com um jovem. O filme te leva de volta a sua cidade natal, para buscar entender os eventos.
Director
Sempre foram levantadas questões sobre a condenação de Allen Iverson por uma briga em que ele se envolveu com um jovem. O filme te leva de volta a sua cidade natal, para buscar entender os eventos.
Editorial Consultant
At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with a genetic test result that leaves her vulnerable and confused, she balances dreams of having her own children with the unnerving reality that she is risking her life by holding on to her fertility.
Director
An investigation of the wrongful death of Carlos DeLuna, who was executed in Texas on December 7, 1989, after prosecutors ignored evidence inculpating a man, who bragged to friends about committing the crimes of which DeLuna was convicted.
Director
Former indie film "guru" John Pierson takes his family to Fiji for one year to run the world's most remote movie theater.
Director
The New Americans follows a diverse group of immigrants and refugees as they leave their home and families behind and learn what it means to be new Americans in the 21st century.
Himself
In 1995 Director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) returned to rural Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy he had been an 'Advocate Big Brother' to ten years earlier.
Director
In 1995 Director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) returned to rural Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy he had been an 'Advocate Big Brother' to ten years earlier.
Director
True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.
Director
A true story of a priest (Andre Braugher) in New Orleans who formed a group of black players and challenged an all-white prep school basketball team in the 1960's. Eventually events like these signaled the pivotal turn in the games' history leading to the integration in today's sport. Directed by Steve James (Hoop Dreams), these basketball players didn't just make shots, they made history.
Screenplay
A vida de Steve Prefontaine, jovem corredor americano que perseguiu com determinação o sonho do ouro olímpico. Pre, como era chamado, era irreverente e carismático e se tornou conhecido mundialmente após disputar as Olimpíadas de Munique. O filme mostra ainda a sua luta pelos direitos dos atletas e o acidente trágico que tirou sua vida em 1975.
Director
A vida de Steve Prefontaine, jovem corredor americano que perseguiu com determinação o sonho do ouro olímpico. Pre, como era chamado, era irreverente e carismático e se tornou conhecido mundialmente após disputar as Olimpíadas de Munique. O filme mostra ainda a sua luta pelos direitos dos atletas e o acidente trágico que tirou sua vida em 1975.
Editor
O diretor acompanhou ao longo de cinco anos, da escola secundária à universidade, dois promissores jogadores de basquete que sonham jogar na NBA. O caminho para a fama é tortuoso e os pretendentes devem ter determinação e talento.
Producer
O diretor acompanhou ao longo de cinco anos, da escola secundária à universidade, dois promissores jogadores de basquete que sonham jogar na NBA. O caminho para a fama é tortuoso e os pretendentes devem ter determinação e talento.
Narrator
O diretor acompanhou ao longo de cinco anos, da escola secundária à universidade, dois promissores jogadores de basquete que sonham jogar na NBA. O caminho para a fama é tortuoso e os pretendentes devem ter determinação e talento.
Writer
O diretor acompanhou ao longo de cinco anos, da escola secundária à universidade, dois promissores jogadores de basquete que sonham jogar na NBA. O caminho para a fama é tortuoso e os pretendentes devem ter determinação e talento.
Director
O diretor acompanhou ao longo de cinco anos, da escola secundária à universidade, dois promissores jogadores de basquete que sonham jogar na NBA. O caminho para a fama é tortuoso e os pretendentes devem ter determinação e talento.
Producer
An educational companion piece to Hoop Dreams, Higher Goals features NBA star Isiah Thomas in a fast-paced, entertaining PBS special that encourages young athletes to put their dreams of professional sports in perspective and focus on getting an education.
Editor
An educational companion piece to Hoop Dreams, Higher Goals features NBA star Isiah Thomas in a fast-paced, entertaining PBS special that encourages young athletes to put their dreams of professional sports in perspective and focus on getting an education.
Writer
An educational companion piece to Hoop Dreams, Higher Goals features NBA star Isiah Thomas in a fast-paced, entertaining PBS special that encourages young athletes to put their dreams of professional sports in perspective and focus on getting an education.
Director
An educational companion piece to Hoop Dreams, Higher Goals features NBA star Isiah Thomas in a fast-paced, entertaining PBS special that encourages young athletes to put their dreams of professional sports in perspective and focus on getting an education.
Director
A documentary about neighborhood people creating change. Produced for the MacArthur Foundation by Kartemquin Films, this piece features six vignettes on community organizing in different Chicago neighborhoods: LeClaire Courts, Marquette Park, Roseland, Pilsen, Uptown, Rogers Park and Garfield Park.
Executive Producer
The true life story of world champion Willie Pep, the fighter with the most wins in professional boxing and his long-shot journey out of retirement and back into the ring.
