James Vanderbilt

James Platten Vanderbilt (born November 17, 1975) is an American filmmaker best known for the films Zodiac (2007), White House Down (2013), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), Murder Mystery (2019) and Scream (2022). He also contributed as producer for the films The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) and Ready or Not (2019), where he cameoed as demon Mr. Le Bail. A member of the Vanderbilt family of New York, James Vanderbilt is the son of Alison Campbell (née Platten) and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt III. His paternal great-grandfather Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Sr. died on the RMS Lusitania in the 1915 sinking, his paternal grandfather, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr., once chaired the New York Racing Association, and his maternal grandfather, Donald Campbell Platten, was the chief executive and chairman of Chemical Bank. Vanderbilt was raised in Norwalk, Connecticut, and attended school at New Canaan Country School. He is a graduate of St. Paul's School and the University of Southern California.