James Lyons
Biography
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.
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Movie - 1995, 2h 15m • as Cab Driver
Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife in the late 1980s, comes down with a debilitating illness with no clear diagnosis.
Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as Billy Name
The story of Valerie Solanas, a '60s radical who preached misandry in her "SCUM" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he repeatedly ignored her. So she shot him.
Movie - 1991, 2h 15m • as Jack Bolton ("Homo")
A trio of interweaved transgressive tales, telling a bizarre stories of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice, a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague, and the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates.
Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as Gypsy Pete
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.
Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • as First Family of Buyers
Two brothers go to France to claim the chateau they have inherited.
Movie - 1992, 2h 15m • as Prison Mugshot
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.
Movie - 1995, 2h 15m • as Adult David
In the midst of the AIDS crisis, a young man from the suburbs moves to the big city of New York and ends up working as a hustler.