---
name: "James Greer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-greer"
fi1m_id: "james-greer"
imdb_id: "nm0007079"
tmdb_id: 62058
wikidata_id: "Q6134940"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:36:05.445215+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."
---

# James Greer

## Identity

James Greer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-greer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-greer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0007079
- **TMDB ID:** 62058
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6134940
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Greer_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6134940, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007079/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62058

Writer. Born 1 January 1961 in Boston.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1961, Boston
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Greer_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6134940, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007079/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62058

## Biography

James Greer is an American screenwriter, novelist, director, musician and critic. He has written or co-written screenplays for several films, including *Max Keeble's Big Move* (2001), *Just My Luck* (2006), *The Spy Next Door* (2010) and *Unsane* (2018), the latter directed by Steven Soderbergh.

With his frequent writing partner Jonathan Bernstein, Greer co-wrote the 2026 horror thrillers *Twisted* and *The Cure*. He has also published novels including *Artificial Light* (2006), *The Failure* (2010) and *Bad Eminence* (2022), and made his feature directorial debut with *Mirror Moves* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Unsane* (2018), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/unsane.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *The Cure* (2026), Writer
- *Twisted* (2026), Screenplay
- *Mirror Moves* (2022), Writer, Director
- *Unsane* (2018), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/unsane.md)
- *The Spy Next Door* (2010), Screenplay
- *Bait Shop* (2008), Teleplay
- *Just My Luck* (2006), Story
- *Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector* (2006), Writer
- *Max Keeble's Big Move* (2001), Screenplay
- *Guided By Voices: Watch Me Jumpstart* (1998), Actor

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