James Bridges was an American screenwriter and film director. Bridges was born in Paris, Arkansas. He got his start as a writer for Alfred Hitchcock Presents, & one of his episodes -An Unlocked Window, earned him a 1966 Edgar Award. He went on to write & direct several films that I admire a great deal: The Paper Chase (1973), The China Syndrome (1979), Urban Cowboy (1980), Perfect (1985), & Bright Lights, Big City (1988). Also check out the underrated September 30th, 1955, where Richard Thomas plays a youth traumatized by the death of James Dean.
His life partner was actor Jack Larson who played Jimmy Olsen on TV's Superman series. Bridges died 1993, at 57 years old, of cancer. The James Bridges Theater at UCLA was named in his honor in November 1999. Bridges was a faculty member there early in his career.
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