---
name: "James Jacks"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-jacks"
fi1m_id: "james-jacks"
imdb_id: "nm0413208"
tmdb_id: 7780
wikidata_id: "Q6136785"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "29 December 1947"
died: "20 January 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T05:29:45.793650+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 Jacks

## Identity

James Jacks

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-jacks
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-jacks
- **IMDb ID:** nm0413208
- **TMDB ID:** 7780
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6136785
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jacks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6136785, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413208/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7780

Producer. Born 29 December 1947 in USA. Died 20 January 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 29 December 1947, USA
- **Died:** 20 January 2014
- **Active:** 1987–2008
- **Also known as:** James "Jim" Jacks, Jim Jacks
- **Frequently works with:** [Sean Daniel](https://film.one/person/sean-daniel.md), [Arnold Vosloo](https://film.one/person/arnold-vosloo.md), [Brendan Fraser](https://film.one/person/brendan-fraser.md), [John Hannah](https://film.one/person/john-hannah.md), [Rachel Weisz](https://film.one/person/rachel-weisz.md), [Stephen Sommers](https://film.one/person/stephen-sommers.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (1), 1990s 81 (3), 2000s 40 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 65 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Drama 2, Fantasy 2
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $873m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jacks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6136785, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413208/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7780

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Mummy*](https://film.one/film/the-mummy.md) (71)

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## Biography

James Jacks was an American film producer. He produced *The Mummy* (1999), *The Mummy Returns* (2001) and *The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor* (2008), as well as *The Scorpion King* (2002), *Tombstone* (1993) and *Dazed and Confused* (1993). He served as executive producer on *Raising Arizona* (1987) and other films.

Jacks co-founded Alphaville Films with Sean Daniel in 1992. He produced the first Hollywood features of Richard Linklater, the Coen brothers and Kevin Smith. He died on 20 January 2014 in Los Angeles.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor* (2008), Fi1m 40, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mummy-tomb-of-the-dragon-emperor.md)
- *The Mummy* (1999), Fi1m 71, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mummy.md)
- *A Simple Plan* (1998), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-simple-plan.md)
- *Dazed and Confused* (1993), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dazed-and-confused.md)
- *Raising Arizona* (1987), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/raising-arizona.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Scorpion King: Book of Souls* (2018), Executive Producer
- *The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power* (2015), Executive Producer
- *The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption* (2012), Executive Producer
- *The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior* (2008), Producer
- *The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor* (2008), Producer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mummy-tomb-of-the-dragon-emperor.md)
- *Intolerable Cruelty* (2003), Executive Producer
- *The Hunted* (2003), Producer
- *Dark Blue* (2002), Producer
- *The Scorpion King* (2002), Producer
- *The Rock - Just Bring It!* (2002), as James Jacks
- *Rat Race* (2001), Executive Producer
- *The Mummy Returns* (2001), Producer
- *Down to Earth* (2001), Producer
- *Attila* (2001), series, Executive Producer
- *Attila* (2001), Executive Producer
- *The Gift* (2000), Producer
- *The Mummy* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mummy.md)
- *A Simple Plan* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/a-simple-plan.md)
- *The Jackal* (1997), Producer
- *Michael* (1996), Producer
- *Don't Look Back* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Mallrats* (1995), Producer
- *Village of the Damned* (1995), Co-Executive Producer
- *Tombstone* (1993), Producer
- *Dazed and Confused* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/dazed-and-confused.md)
- *Heart and Souls* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Hard Target* (1993), Producer
- *Raising Arizona* (1987), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/raising-arizona.md)

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