Jim McBride

Career Overview

Jim McBride has 38 screen credits in a career dating back to 1967. Signature works include Great Balls of Fire!, The Big Easy, Breathless. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

38

Birth Date

1941-09-16

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Great Balls of Fire!
• 

  The Big Easy
• 

  Breathless
• 

  Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back
• 

  Pronto
• 

  The Informant

Frequent Collaborators

• Lisa Jane Persky (4 collaborations)
• Dennis Quaid (2 collaborations)
• Robert Lesser (2 collaborations)
• Winona Ryder (1 collaborations)
• John Doe (1 collaborations)
• Stephen Tobolowsky (1 collaborations)
• Alec Baldwin (1 collaborations)
• Lisa Blount (1 collaborations)
• Trey Wilson (1 collaborations)
• Steve Allen (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (7 credits)

  • Alan Jackson: Small Town Southern Man

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • A Weekend at the Beach

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • The Beaches of Agnès

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Birth of a Nation

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Last Embrace

    Man in Cantina

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Pictures from Life's Other Side

    Himself (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1971

• writing (7 credits)

  • My Son's Wedding to My Sister-in-Law

    writer

    writing
    2009
  • Uncovered

    screenplay

    writing
    1995
  • Great Balls of Fire!

    screenplay

    writing
    1989
  • Breathless

    screenplay

    writing
    1983
  • Hot Times

    writer

    writing
    1974
  • Glen and Randa

    screenplay

    writing
    1971
  • David Holzman's Diary

    writer

    writing
    1967

• editing (2 credits)

  • My Son's Wedding to My Sister-in-Law

    editor

    editing
    2009
  • David Holzman's Diary

    editor

    editing
    1967

• directing (20 credits)

  • My Son's Wedding to My Sister-in-Law

    director

    directing
    2009
  • Welcome to São Paulo

    director

    directing
    2004
  • Six Feet Under

    - Brotherhood (2001) ... director directing
    2001
  • Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back

    director

    directing
    2000
  • Dead by Midnight

    director

    directing
    1997
  • Pronto

    director

    directing
    1997
  • The Informant

    director

    directing
    1997
  • Uncovered

    director

    directing
    1995
  • The Wrong Man

    director

    directing
    1993
  • Fallen Angels

    - Fearless (1995) ... director directing
    1993
  • Blood Ties

    director

    directing
    1991
  • Great Balls of Fire!

    director

    directing
    1989
  • The Wonder Years

    - Christmas Party (1991) ... director directing

    - Daddy's Little Girl (1990) ... director directing

    - The Glee Club (1990) ... director directing
    1988
  • The Big Easy

    director

    directing
    1986
  • The Twilight Zone

    - The Once and Future King / A Saucer of Loneliness (1986) ... director directing
    1985
  • Breathless

    director

    directing
    1983
  • Hot Times

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Glen and Randa

    director

    directing
    1971
  • Pictures from Life's Other Side

    director

    directing
    1971
  • David Holzman's Diary

    director

    directing
    1967

• production (2 credits)

  • Blood Ties

    co-producer

    production
    1991
  • David Holzman's Diary

    producer

    production
    1967