Biography
James Bridges was an American screenwriter, film director, producer and actor. He was born on 3 February 1936 in Arkansas and died on 6 June 1993 in Los Angeles.
Bridges began his career writing episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and other television series. He received Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Paper Chase (1973) and Best Original Screenplay for The China Syndrome (1979).
His other notable credits include writing and directing Urban Cowboy (1980), Perfect (1985) and Bright Lights, Big City (1988), and writing the screenplay for White Hunter, Black Heart (1990). His longtime partner was actor and producer Jack Larson, who collaborated on several of his films.
