James Vanderbilt

James Vanderbilt
James Vanderbilt at the 2025 Zurich Film Festival.
Born
James Platten Vanderbilt

November 17, 1975 (1975-11-17) (age 50)
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • director
  • producer
Spouse
Amber Freeman
(m. 2005)
Children2
FatherAlfred Gwynne Vanderbilt III
RelativesVanderbilt family

James Platten Vanderbilt (born November 17, 1975) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for writing the films Zodiac (2007), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel, and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). He also co-wrote, produced, and co-story Scream (2022), its 2023 sequel and its 2026 sequel. Vanderbilt also contributed as producer for several films, including The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) and Ready or Not (2019).