James W. Skotchdopole is an American film producer. He has produced films such as Birdman and The Revenant.
Raised in New York, Skotchdopole career in the film industry began in 1982. In 1984, Skotchdopole became the youngest member to be accepted into the Directors Guild of America. Skotchdopole served as an Executive producer on four of Director Tony Scott's films, and collaborated with Nora Ephron three times. He also worked as an Executive producer with Quentin Tarantino twice, on Death Proof and Django Unchained. As a producer on Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman, Skotchdopole won an Academy Award for Best Picture at the 87th Academy Awards. Iñárritu and Skotchdopole collaborated again in 2015 with The Revenant.
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.