James C Strouse
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About
Screenwriter, director, and film producer best known for Lonesome Jim (2005), Grace is Gone (2007), New York I Love You (2009), and Love Again (2023). He made his screenwriting and directorial debut with Grace Is Gone, which starred John Cusack.
Before Fame
He had wanted to be a writer since he was five years old. He attended Columbia University's MFA program and earned an MFA in fiction writing. He began working on his first screenplay and film while he was still a student in college.
Trivia
He won both an Audience Award for Most Popular Dramatic Feature and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival for Grace is Gone.
Family Life
He was born and raised in Goshen, Indiana. He married Galt Niederhoffer in the year 2003. He has a daughter with her.
Associated With
His screenplay for Lonesome Jim was directed by Steve Buscemi.
