Portrait of James DeMonaco

Writing

James DeMonaco

Career

Active from 1994 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score49/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Negotiator
The Negotiator
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
James DeMonaco Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.6, average 2.6
  • Wholesome
    1.6, average 3.4
  • Romance
    2.3, average 3.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Crime Drama 4
  • Political Allegory 3
  • Dystopian Social Satire 3
  • Visceral Violence 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Graphic Violence 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Class Warfare Allegory 2
  • Gritty Realism 2
  • High-Octane Survival Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

19
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Vigilant
Vigilant

Director, Writer

Untitled Purge Film
Untitled Purge Film

Characters, Writer

Untitled The Purge Film
Untitled The Purge Film

Writer, Producer

2020s

5 titles ยท average score 49
The Last Kiss
The Last Kiss (2026)
GoodWatch score 56

Producer

The Home
The Home (2025)
GoodWatch score 43

Writer, Director

Crisis Negotiators
Crisis Negotiators (2024)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Story

The Forever Purge
The Forever Purge (2021)
GoodWatch score 53

Producer, Characters

This Is the Night
This Is the Night (2021)
GoodWatch score 26

Screenplay, Director

2010s

4 titles ยท average score 52
The First Purge
The First Purge (2018)
GoodWatch score 50

Characters, Writer

The Purge: Election Year
The Purge: Election Year (2016)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Characters

The Purge: Anarchy
The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer, Director

The Purge
The Purge (2013)
GoodWatch score 46

Director, Writer

2000s

4 titles ยท average score 42
Staten Island
Staten Island (2009)
GoodWatch score 37

Writer, Director

Skinwalkers
Skinwalkers (2006)
GoodWatch score 32

Screenplay

Assault on Precinct 13
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
GoodWatch score 57

Co-Producer, Screenplay

Hate
Hate (2005)

Writer, Executive Producer

1990s

3 titles ยท average score 56
The Negotiator
The Negotiator (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer

Jack
Jack (1996)
GoodWatch score 41

Screenplay

Red
Red (1994)

Associate Producer, Writer