Ponsoldt at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Sorry for Your Loss
Born
Athens, Georgia, U.S.
Education
Yale University (BA) Columbia University (MFA) University of California, Los Angeles (GrDip)
Occupation(s)
Film director, screenwriter, actor
Spouse
Megan Lane Hollaway (m. 2010)[1]
Children
3[2]
James Ponsoldt is an American film director, actor and screenwriter.[3] He directed the drama films Off the Black (2006) and Smashed (2012), the romantic comedy-drama The Spectacular Now (2013), and the dramas The End of the Tour (2015) and The Circle (2017).
^"Megan Hollaway, James Ponsoldt". The New York Times. 25 September 2010.
^"James Ponsoldt Makes Movies for Adults, but His Kids' Film Still Asks the Hard Questions". 12 August 2022.
^Stephen Holden (October 11, 2012). "A Relationship's Glue Is Made of Alcohol 'Smashed,' by James Ponsoldt, Looks at Alcoholism". The New York Times.
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