James W. Skotchdopole

James W. Skotchdopole is an American film producer. He has produced films such as Birdman and The Revenant.

Career

Raised in New York, Skotchdopole career in the film industry began in 1982. In 1984, Skotchdopole became the youngest member to be accepted into the Directors Guild of America. Skotchdopole served as an Executive producer on four of Director Tony Scott's films, and collaborated with Nora Ephron three times. He also worked as an Executive producer with Quentin Tarantino twice, on Death Proof and Django Unchained. As a producer on Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman, Skotchdopole won an Academy Award for Best Picture at the 87th Academy Awards. Iñárritu and Skotchdopole collaborated again in 2015 with The Revenant.

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1985	Turk 182	Second assistant director
1985	A Chorus Line	Second assistant director
1986	The Money Pit	Second assistant director
1986	Brighton Beach Memoirs	Second assistant director
1987	Mannequin	Second assistant director
1987	Ishtar	Second assistant director
1987	The Untouchables	Second assistant director
1987	The Believers	Second assistant director: New York
1988	Biloxi Blues	Second assistant director
1988	Moon over Parador	Second assistant director
1988	Scrooged	Second assistant director
1989	Dead Bang	Second assistant director
1990	Revenge	Second assistant director
1990	Days of Thunder	First assistant director
1991	What About Bob?	First assistant director
1991	The Last Boy Scout	First assistant director
1992	Housesitter	First assistant director
1993	Sleepless in Seattle	First assistant director
1993	True Romance	First assistant director
1994	Mixed Nuts	First assistant director Second unit director	Uncredited
1995	Crimson Tide	First assistant director	-
1996	The Fan	First assistant director
1998	Enemy of the State	Second unit director	Uncredited
2000	Sand	Second assistant director
2001	Spy Game	Second unit director	Uncredited
2005	Bewitched	Second unit director	Uncredited
2008	The Women	Second unit director	Uncredited

;Production manager

Year	Film	Role
2001	Spy Game	Unit production manager: Morocco
2012	Lay the Favorite	Unit production manager
2012	Django Unchained	Unit production manager
2014	Birdman	Unit production manager
2015	The Revenant	Unit production manager

;Miscellaneous crew

;Thanks

Year	Film	Role
2013	The Spectacular Now	The producers wish to thank
2016	The Comedian	The producers wish to thank the following for their assistance

;Production manager

Year	Title	Role
2020	Mrs. America	Unit production manager

;Miscellaneous crew

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	A Doctor's Story	Production assistant	Television film