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Currently, James Gray is 55 years, 7 months and 10 days old. James Gray will celebrate 56rd birthday on a Monday 14th of April 2025. Below we countdown to James Gray upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | James Gray |
| Occupation | Director |
| Age | 55 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Born | April 14, 1969 (New York City, New York, USA) |
| Birthday | April 14 |
| Town/City | New York City, New York, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
James Gray’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
James Gray was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
Writer/director James Gray made his first film Little Odessa (1994) at the age of twenty-five. The film, which starred Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Vanessa Redgrave and Maximilian Schell, received critical acclaim and was the winner of the Venice Film Festival's prestigious Silver Lion Award in 1994.
Miramax Films released James Gray's second feature, The Yards (2000) starring Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Faye Dunaway, Ellen Burstyn, Charlize Theron and James Caan in fall of 2000. The film was selected for official competition at the 2000 Cannes International Film Festival.
Prior to "The Yards" and "Little Odessa", Gray attended film school at the University of Southern California. It was there that his student film Cowboys and Angels was first seen by producer Paul Webster, who encouraged Gray to write his first feature script.
As a child growing up in Queens, New York, Gray aspired to be a painter. However, when introduced in his early teenage years to the works of various filmmakers, including Francis Ford Coppola, Gray's interests expanded to the art of filmmaking.
The Yards returned Gray to Queens where the story takes place.
Frequently casts Joaquin Phoenix.
His films are always shot on 35 mm film.
His films are often set in New York City.
His films often feature party scenes where strings of words are hung on the wall. ("Welcome home," "Happy new year.")
Films often center around complicated father/son relationships.
