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James McManus

Career

Active from 1991 to 2010, with a break from 2000 to 2009, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Essential Killing
Essential Killing
GoodWatch score66/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
James McManus Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Historical
    0.8, average 2.6
  • Romance
    2.6, average 3.8
  • Coming of Age
    1.8, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Gritty Realism 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

8
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles · average score 52
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)
GoodWatch score 38

as Zombie Movie Narrator

Essential Killing
Essential Killing (2010)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

2000s

2 titles · average score 65
Black Dynamite
Black Dynamite (2009)
GoodWatch score 75

as Richard Nixon

Like Mike
Like Mike (2002)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mr. Williams

1990s

4 titles · average score 48
ABCD
ABCD (1999)
GoodWatch score 44

Writer

La Cucaracha
La Cucaracha (1998)
GoodWatch score 52

as Louis Graves

The Big Empty
The Big Empty (1997)

as Lloyd Meadows

Red Fox
Red Fox (1991)

Writer