Photo provided by Startraks (April 28, 2008)
Focus Features CEO
James Schamus (center), pictured with filmmaker
Ang Lee and Focus president
Andrew Karpen, was honored during a black tie event hosted by the
Museum of the Moving Image on Wednesday night in New York City. Also honored was
Showtime Networks CEO
Matt Blank. While serving in the executive ranks at a leading studio specialty division, Schamus is also an acclaimed producer and screenwriter. His longtime collaboration with Ang Lee has yielded such films as "
Brokeback Mountain," "
Lust, Caution," and "
Sense and Sensibility," among many others. A co-founder of
Good Machine, which was later acquired by
Universal Studios to create Focus Features, Schamus is a professor at
Columbia University's School of the Arts.