James Allen Mangold, born on December 16, 1963, is a multifaceted American filmmaker with a penchant for exploring various genres.
His directorial career commenced with the 1995 film Heavy, and he subsequently gained recognition for his work on Cop Land (1997),Girl, Interrupted (1999),Identity (2003),Walk the Line (2005),3:10 to Yuma (2007),and the X-Men franchise, which includes The Wolverine (2013) and Logan (2017.
Logan, in particular, earned Mangold an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Mangold then went on to direct the sports drama film Ford v Ferrari (2019),which garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Most recently, he helmed and co-wrote Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023),the final installment in the Indiana Jones series.
