James Mangold

James Allen Mangold (born December 16, 1963) is an American filmmaker. He made his debut as a film director with Heavy (1995), and is best known for the films Cop Land (1997), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Identity (2003), Walk the Line (2005), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and two Wolverine films in the X-Men films with The Wolverine (2013) and Logan (2017), the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He then directed the sports drama film Ford v Ferrari (2019), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He also directed and co-wrote the upcoming 2023 film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the fifth and final installment in the Indiana Jones series.