James Lyons

James Lyons

Born: October 8, 1960
Died: December 4, 2007
in New York, USA
James Lyons (October 8, 1960 – April 12, 2007) was an American film editor, actor and screenwriter. He is best known his collaborations with filmmaker Todd Haynes.

Movies for James Lyons...

The Château
Title: The Château
Character: First Family of Buyers
Released: January 16, 2001
Type: Movie
Two brothers go to France to claim the chateau they have inherited.
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I Shot Andy Warhol
Title: I Shot Andy Warhol
Character: Billy Name
Released: May 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he continued to ignore her. So she shot him. This is Valerie's story.
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Frisk
Title: Frisk
Character: Gypsy Pete
Released: March 22, 1996
Type: Movie
A first person narrative of the exploits of a gay serial killer in deeply disturbing, controversial drama about violence, sexuality, and the imagination. Dennis, the main character, whose lead we follow on this path between what is real and what we can only hope is surreal. His friends attempt to determine if he's truly a psychopath.
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Safe
Title: Safe
Character: Cab Driver
Released: June 23, 1995
Type: Movie
Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife in the late 1980s, comes down with a debilitating illness with no clear diagnosis.
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Postcards from America
Title: Postcards from America
Character: Adult David
Released: September 10, 1994
Type: Movie
Inspired by the autobiographical writings of David Wojnarowicz, "Postcards From America" chronicles the abuse the artist suffered as a child at the hands of his father and his subsequent running away to New York to become a street hustler.
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Swoon
Title: Swoon
Character: Prison Mugshot
Released: September 11, 1992
Type: Movie
Teenagers Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb share a dangerous sexual bond and an amoral outlook on life. They spend afternoons breaking into storefronts and engaging in petty crimes, until the calculating Nathan ups the ante by kidnapping, and murdering, a young boy.
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Poison
Title: Poison
Character: Jack Bolton ("Homo")
Released: April 5, 1991
Type: Movie
A trio of interweaved transgressive tales, telling a bizarre stories of suburban patricide and a miraculous fight from justice, a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague, and the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates.