---
name: "James Bridges"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-bridges-14838"
fi1m_id: "james-bridges-14838"
imdb_id: "nm0108745"
tmdb_id: 14838
wikidata_id: "Q977453"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "3 February 1936"
died: "6 June 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T16:55:37.696941+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# James Bridges

## Identity

James Bridges

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-bridges-14838
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-bridges-14838
- **IMDb ID:** nm0108745
- **TMDB ID:** 14838
- **Wikidata ID:** Q977453
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bridges, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977453, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0108745/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14838

Director. Born 3 February 1936 in Paris, Arkansas, U.S.. Died 6 June 1993.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 3 February 1936, Paris, Arkansas, U.S.
- **Died:** 6 June 1993
- **Active:** 1968–1980
- **Also known as:** Jim Bridges
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 directing
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 76 (1), 1980s 61 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bridges, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977453, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0108745/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14838

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Urban Cowboy*](https://film.one/film/urban-cowboy.md) (61)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, encyclopediaofarkansas.net.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Faces* (1968), Fi1m 76, Actor — [page](https://film.one/film/faces.md)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Urban Cowboy* (1980), Fi1m 61, Director, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/urban-cowboy.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *White Hunter, Black Heart* (1990), Screenplay
- *Bright Lights, Big City* (1988), Director
- *Begging for Love* (1986), Story
- *Perfect* (1985), Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *Mike's Murder* (1984), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Urban Cowboy* (1980), Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/urban-cowboy.md)
- *The China Syndrome* (1979), Director, Writer
- *The Paper Chase* (1978), series, Writer, Creator
- *September 30, 1955* (1977), Director, Writer
- *The Paper Chase* (1973), Screenplay, Director
- *Carola* (1973), Teleplay
- *Limbo* (1972), Screenplay
- *When Michael Calls* (1972), Screenplay
- *The Baby Maker* (1970), Director, Writer
- *Colossus: The Forbin Project* (1970), Screenplay
- *Faces* (1968), Actor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/faces.md)
- *The Appaloosa* (1966), Screenplay
- *Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of* (1964), as Lord of the Forest
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, Writer
- *Joy Ride* (1958), as Dirk
- *Shirley Temple's Storybook* (1958), series, as Dolph
- *Johnny Trouble* (1957), as Ike
- *Invasion of the Saucer Men* (1957), as Bobby
- *Dragnet* (1951), series, Actor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1980: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The China Syndrome*
- 1974: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *The Paper Chase*

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay 1986: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay (nominated), for *Perfect*
- Edgar Awards 1966: Edgar Awards (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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