James Mangold


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12/15/1963
New York, NY
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Upon graduating from CalArts in 1985, was offered a yearlong contract at Disney by Michael Eisner. Mangold didn't mesh well with the studio bosses and his only credit from this time is a cow
Won a Special Jury Prize for Directing at the Sundance Film Festival for his directorial debut, 1995's Heavy.
After being fired from Disney, returned to school to get his MFA from Columbia, studying under Milos Forman.