James Vanderbilt

Name	James Vanderbilt
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Caption	James Vanderbilt on the Green Carpet at the 2025 Zurich Film Festival.
Birth Name	James Platten Vanderbilt
Alma Mater	University of Southern California
Father	Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt III
Relatives	Vanderbilt family
Spouse	Amber Freeman (2005 – now)
Children	2

Early life and education

A member of the Vanderbilt family of New York, James is the son of Alison Campbell (née Platten) and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt III. His paternal great-grandfather Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Sr. died on the in the 1915 sinking, his paternal grandfather, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr., once chaired the New York Racing Association, and his maternal grandfather, Donald Campbell Platten, was the chief executive and chairman of Chemical Bank.

Vanderbilt was raised in Norwalk, Connecticut, and attended school at New Canaan Country School. He is a graduate of St. Paul's School and the University of Southern California.

Career

His production company, Mythology Entertainment, started in 2011. It was later reincorporated into Project X Entertainment as of 2019.

In May 2016, Mythology acquired intellectual property rights to Slender Man from the character's creator Eric Knudsen. Vanderbilt later produced a film adaptation of the character in 2018.

In 2020, Vanderbilt co-wrote the script for the fifth installment of the Scream franchise, starring Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Marley Shelton, Dylan Minnette, Mason Gooding, Kyle Gallner, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mikey Madison and Sonia Ben Ammar. The film was released on January 14, 2022. Vanderbilt's most recent project, Nuremberg, is about the Nuremberg trials and was released on November 7, 2025.

Personal life

Vanderbilt has been married to Amber Freeman since 2005, the couple has two children together; Jack and Charles.

Filmography

References

• Johnston, Laure, December 6, 1975, Notes on People, June 4, 2010, The New York Times
• Sps.edu, dead, October 4, 2015, November 6, 2009
• James Vanderbilt goes back in time for David Fincher's Zodiac, www.moviemaker.com, 2024-09-06, dead, August 21, 2007, mdy-all
• The New York Times, Donald C. Platten, Ex-Chairman Of Chemical Bank, Is Dead at 72, James, Barron, August 27, 1991
• Hersam Acorn Newspapers Archives, May 5, 2005, The , New Canaan Advertiser, March 3, 2016, June 5, 2010, dead
• The New York Times, Amber Freeman and Jamie Vanderbilt, Strawberry, Saroyan, May 22, 2005
• Fleming, Mike Jr., November 18, 2011, Phoenix Co-President Bradley Fischer Forms Mythology With Scribes Laeta Kalogridis And James Vanderbilt, October 15, 2020, Deadline, en-US
• Fleming, Mike Jr., October 30, 2019, James Vanderbilt, William Sherak & Paul Neinstein Launch Project X Entertainment With Spyglass Deal, October 15, 2020, Deadline, en-US
• 'Slender Man,' a Horror Meme, Gets Ready to Step Out of the Shadows, The New York Times, May 6, 2016, Rogers, Katie
• Scream, : David Arquette Returning As Dewey Riley In Spyglass Media Group Reboot, D'Alessandro, Anthony, Deadline Hollywood, May 18, 2020, July 4, 2020
• Relaunch of 'Scream' Slashing Into Theaters on January 14, 2022!, Miska, Brad, BloodyDisgusting, August 28, 2020, August 28, 2020
• Kroll, Justin, June 24, 2020, New , Scream, Movie From Spyglass Media Will Be Released by Paramount (EXCLUSIVE), June 24, 2020, Variety
• Russell Crowe, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon to Star in Nazi Drama 'Nuremberg', Brew, Caroline, 7 December 2023, Variety
• Allan Freeman Obituary (2014) - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Times, 2025-11-18, Legacy.com

External links

• James Vanderbilt interview in Creative Screenwriting Magazine