James Dearden Filmography

Born:: September 14, 1949 in London, England, UK
Occupation:: Director, Producer, Screen Story, Screenwriter
Biography:: Screenwriter James Dearden got his first big break with his script for the 1987 blockbuster Fatal Attraction. The following year he made his directorial debut with the spy thriller Pascali's Island. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide...Read More

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Rogue Trader

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Ewan McGregor, Anna Friel, Yves Beneyton, Betsy Brantley, Caroline Langrishe

Synopsis: Based on the tell-all autobiography by Nick Leeson, Rogue Trader tells the true story of how one man managed to bring down England's best respected merchant bank. Ewan McGregor plays Leeson, an ambitious young man from North London who is hired by the Barings Brothers Bank and sent to Indonesia to Read More

1998
A Kiss Before Dying

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow, James Russo, Diane Ladd

Synopsis: This thriller is the second film based on the novel of the same name by Ira Levin. Matt Dillon stars as Jonathan Corliss, a lethal schemer from the wrong side of the tracks. Now a student at the University of Pennsylvania, Jonathan has been obsessed since childhood with the fortunes of a company Read More

4/26/91
Run

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Kelly Preston, Ken Pogue, Alan C. Peterson, Christopher Lawford

Synopsis: An innocent law student gets accused of murdering a mob chief's son when a casino poker game turns into a fistfight that ends with a fatality. Soon the mob and the corrupt local police are after the kid whose only respite in this film is a short romance with a new-found sweetheart. ~ All Movie Read More

2/1/91
Pascali's Island

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, Helen Mirren, George Murcell, Sheila Allen

Synopsis: The year is 1908; after centuries of unchecked power, the Ottoman empire is rapidly crumbling. As a result, Turkey's secret agents--those that haven't already been eliminated by downsizing or death--operate in a vacuum, their superiors knowing little and caring less about their activities. One Read More

7/22/88
Fatal Attraction

Crew: Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Fred Gwynne, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Mike Nussbaum

Synopsis: "Fatal attraction" has become a household term for love turned to murderous obsession, thanks to the success of Adrian Lyne's 1987 movie. Dan (Michael Douglas) is a family man whose one-night affair with Alex (Glenn Close) turns into a nightmare when she insists on continuing the relationship Read More

9/18/87
The Cold Room

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: George Segal, Amanda Pays, Renée Soutendijk, Warren Clarke, Anthony Higgins

Synopsis: This chilling made-for-cable production stars winsome Amanda Pays as a prissy English college student who accompanies her estranged father (George Segal) to East Germany in an attempt to reconcile their differences. Shortly after her arrival, she begins to experience intense feelings of cold and Read More

1984
The Contraption

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Richard O'Brien

1978