James Allen Mangold (born December 16, 1963) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Known for his versatility in working across different genres, Mangold made his directorial debut with the film Heavy (1995) and gained recognition for the films Cop Land (1997), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Identity (2003), Walk the Line (2005), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), as well as two films in the X-Men franchise — The Wolverine (2013) and Logan (2017), the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

He then directed the sports drama Ford v Ferrari (2019), which brought him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and co-wrote and directed Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), the fifth and final installment in the Indiana Jones series. For the biographical film about Bob Dylan, A Complete Unknown (2024), Mangold was again nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, and also received his first nomination for Best Director.

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