James Merendino

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1969-01-11 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Long Branch, New Jersey, USA

James Merendino

Biography

James Merendino is an American movie director and scriptwriter. He was born in New Jersey, and moved with his family to Salt Lake City, Utah when he was six years old. After pursuing post-secondary education in Rome and Los Angeles, California, studying Western philosophy and theology, Merendino settled in Hollywood, California when he was 19 years old, and began a tenure with Hollywood mogul Dan Melnick. In 1991, Merendino was hired for his first motion picture, Witchcraft IV. His second film, A River Made to Drown In (1997), is a movie that was pivotal to the gay community in the United States, with Richard Chamberlain coming out publicly a...

Acting

Production

1997

1998

SLC Punk

as Director

1998

SLC Punk

as Screenplay

2001

Amerikana

as Director

2004

Trespassing

as Director

2000

Magicians

as Director

1996

The First Man

as Executive Producer

1996

The Real Thing

as Director

1996

The Real Thing

as Screenplay

1995

Terrified

as Director

1995

Terrified

as Writer

2004

Trespassing

as Writer

1994

2022

Fresh Kills

as Director

2022

Fresh Kills

as Writer

2001

Amerikana

as Writer

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1994

Hard Drive

as Director

1994

Hard Drive

as Writer

2000

Magicians

as Writer

1996

For Life or Death

as Executive Producer

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