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James Manos Jr. is a Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 2000

James Manos Jr.

James Manos Jr.
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Nationality USA
Birth 2000 (25 years)
Awards Primetime Emmy Award

James Manos, Jr. is an American television writer and producer.
Manos worked as a co-producer and writer on the first season of The Sopranos. In 1999 Manos won the Emmy Award in the Outstanding Writing for Dramatic Series category for his work on the "College" episode of The Sopranos. The award was shared with his co-writer, The Sopranos creator David Chase.

He then completed two seasons as Consulting Producer on The Shield. He developed, produced, and wrote the pilot of Dexter, the Showtime drama series.

He successfully produced the award-winning movie The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom, starring Holly Hunter and Beau Bridges, for HBO. The movie was nominated for six Emmys and won three. Additionally, it won the Cable Ace Award for Best Picture of the year.

He also produced the critically acclaimed Apollo 11 and The Ditchdigger's Daughters, which was nominated for 3 Cable Ace Awards, including Best Picture.

A trained theater director, James received a degree from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York in English/Theater and studied as a director at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England. James also studied acting and later taught acting classes in New York. He has directed numerous plays regionally and in New York, including Inge's The Disposal, Mrozek's Vatzlav, Ionesco's The Lesson, Molière's The Doctor in Spite of Himself, and Arthur Miller's Some Kind of Love Story.

He was also a star basketball player at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, NY.

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Filmography of James Manos Jr. (3 films)

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Scriptwriter

Road Rage
Road Rage (1999)
, 1h32
Directed by Deran Sarafian
Genres Thriller
Themes Transport films, Trucker films, Road movies
Actors Yasmine Bleeth, Jere Burns, John Wesley Shipp, Alana Austin, Michael Dobson, Michelle Morgan
Rating47% 2.36722.36722.36722.36722.3672
Ellen Carson (Yasmine Bleeth) is a real estate agent who inadvertently cuts off a delivery truck driver while changing lanes on the freeway to hurry home. The truck driver turns out to be a disturbed man named Eddie Madden (Jere Burns), who proceeds to chase after Ellen in an effort to run her off the road. Ellen in fear calls the 1-800 number on the back of his truck and lodges a complaint, which causes Eddie to lose his job, and he (being a grieving husband and father who earlier lost his family to a car accident) sets out to destroy Ellen's family and soon becomes fixated on Ellen and her teenage stepdaughter Cynthia (Alana Austin) and plots to have them as replacement family, by removing the head of the house, Ellen's husband and Cynthia's father Jim Carson (John Wesley Shipp).

Producer

Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon, 1h33
Directed by Norberto Barba
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about the Apollo program, Sur la Lune, Space opera
Actors Carmen Argenziano, Dennis Lipscomb, William Mesnik, Jake Lloyd, Jack Conley, Jeffrey Nordling
Roles Executive producer
Rating61% 3.0503953.0503953.0503953.0503953.050395
Fearful that the Soviets would continue their lead in the space race and be the first to put a man on the moon, NASA felt an enormous pressure to push the Apollo Program forward as quickly as possible, though they knew that pushing too hard could lead to the ultimate disaster. This film recreates the tensions that were felt not only by the three astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, but also by their families and by the teams of technicians training to deal with anything that could go wrong.
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom, 1h39
Directed by Michael Ritchie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Dance films, Sports films
Actors Holly Hunter, Beau Bridges, Swoosie Kurtz, Matt Frewer, Gregg Henry, Eddie Jones
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.296583.296583.296583.296583.29658
When Wanda Holloway was a teen, her father forbade her from trying out for her school's cheerleading team. Many years later, when Wanda had a daughter of her own, she was determined that her daughter would fulfill the dream she was denied and become a cheerleader — which would allow Wanda to make up that part of her childhood by reliving it through her daughter. The film takes place in Channelview, Texas.