James Wright "Jim" Foley (October 18, 1973 – c. August 19, 2014) was an American journalist and video reporter. While working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was abducted on November 22, 2012, in northwestern Syria. He was beheaded in August 2014 as a response to American airstrikes in Iraq, thus becoming the first American citizen killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, IS).Before he became a journalist, Foley was an instructor for Teach For America. In 2009, he became an embedded journalist with USAID-funded development projects in Iraq, and in 2011 he wrote for military newspaper Stars and Stripes in Afghanistan, and GlobalPost in Libya. There, he was captured by Gaddafi loyalist forces and held for 44 days. The next year, James Foley was captured in Syria while he was working for Agence France-Presse and GlobalPost.
October 18, 1973, Evanston, Illinois, United States
Died
August 19, 2014, Al-Raqqah, Syria
Place Of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Profession
Director, Actor, Writer
Education
Medill School of Journalism (2008)
Nationality
American
Parents
John Foley, Diane Foley
Siblings
Kelly Foley, Katie Foley, Michael Foley
Movies
Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed, Glengarry Glen Ross, Perfect Stranger, At Close Range, After Dark, My Sweet, Who's That Girl, Reckless, The Chamber, The Corruptor, Fear, Two Bits, Confidence, Hollywood Division
Star Sign
Capricorn
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[on 'At Close Range'] Sean was quite clearly the driving force in getting 'At Close Range' made. He was extremely hot, and it was going to be financed if he agreed to it. And he told the powers-that-be that I was the one he wanted to direct it. They clearly wanted Sean, didn't necessarily want me at all, and Sean said, "I'll do it if you do it with this guy". And they ultimately accepted me as director.
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[on Sean Penn in 'At Close Range'] I had this little shed out I front of my house, and Sean went to the store and bought heavy weights, brought them back and put them in the shed. And I remember he was so surprised, once he committed himself to that, how his body changed so dramatically, in a short period of time. But he had to eat an awful lot too, and that was hard for him, funnily enough.
$13 Million
