James Vanderbilt

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1975-11-17 (50 years old)

Place of Birth

Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.

James Vanderbilt

Biography

James Platten Vanderbilt (born November 17, 1975) is an American screenwriter and producer. He is best known for writing the films Zodiac (2007), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel, and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). He also co-wrote and produced Scream (2022) and its 2023 sequel. Vanderbilt also contributed as a producer for several films, including The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) and Ready or Not (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Vanderbilt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2019

Ready or Not

as Mr. LeBail (uncredited)

Production

2003

Darkness Falls

as Screenplay

2012

2007

Zodiac

as Producer

2007

Zodiac

as Screenplay

2003

The Rundown

as Screenplay

2010

The Losers

as Screenplay

2013

White House Down

as Producer

2013

2023

Scream VI

as Writer

2023

Bed Rest

as Producer

2023

Scream VI

as Producer

2015

Truth

as Director

2015

Truth

as Screenplay

2025

Nuremberg

as Director

2025

Nuremberg

as Producer

2025

Nuremberg

as Screenplay

2022

Scream

as Writer

2003

Basic

as Producer

2023

Murder Mystery 2

as Producer

2026

Scream 7

as Story

2025

2023

Murder Mystery 2

as Characters

2024

Abigail

as Producer

2018

Slender Man

as Producer

2019

Murder Mystery

as Screenplay

-

2018

Suspiria

as Executive Producer

2018

2015

Truth

as Producer

2019

Murder Mystery

as Producer

2023

2022

Scream

as Producer

2019

Ready or Not

as Producer

2022

Ambulance

as Producer

2003

Basic

as Writer

2025

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