Director dossier
James Foley
Foley works best in rooms where desire, money, power, and humiliation keep tightening around people who think they can talk their way out.
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Live pages
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What to watch next
A guided James Foley path
verbal combat + pressure-room staging in three moves.
Why this director matters
Glengarry Glen Ross is essential Cinema One material because it treats dialogue as combat, status as oxygen, and salesmanship as a whole moral weather system.
Born
1953, Brooklyn, New York
Nationality
American
Active years
1984 - Present
Signature
Actor-forward pressure cookers where language becomes a weapon
Avg IMDb
6.6
Oscar wins
0
Signature traits
verbal combatpressure-room stagingmale desperationstatus gamesnoir-adjacent intensity
Notable works
Live on Cinema One
Tracked filmography
At Close Range
1986
A crime-family drama built around menace, inheritance, and damaged loyalty.
After Dark, My Sweet
1990
A lean neo-noir where desire and criminal pressure blur into bad judgment.
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
live page
The live Cinema One anchor: an all-timer dialogue-pressure chamber about capitalism, fear, and performance.
Open movie pageFear
1996
A domestic thriller that turns adolescent attraction into invasion and control.