James Vanderbilt
James Platten Vanderbilt is an American film director, 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, produced, and co-story Scream (2022), its 2023 sequel and its 2026 sequel. Vanderbilt also contributed as producer for several films, including The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) and Ready or Not (2019).
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Scream 7
writer
2026
Nuremberg
writer
2025
Nuremberg
director
2025
Fountain of Youth
writer
2025
Murder Mystery 2
writer
2023
Scream VI
writer
2023
Scream
writer
2022
Murder Mystery
writer
2019
Independence Day: Resurgence
writer
2016
Truth
writer
2015
Truth
director
2015
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
writer
2014
White House Down
writer
2013
Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn
actor
2012
The Amazing Spider-Man
writer
2012
The Losers
writer
2010
Zodiac
writer
2007
The Rundown
writer
2003
Basic
writer
2003
Darkness Falls
writer
2003