The traditional stone-clad mansion of screenwriter, producer and director James "Jamie" Vanderbilt, in an exclusive guard-gated enclave in Los Angeles' quiet Brentwood area, was re-listed on the market for $7.495 million.
James Vanderbilt is best known for writing "The Amazing Spider-Man" in 2012 and "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" in 2014. The two films have both hauled together almost half a billion dollars in worldwide box office receipts. Last month, Vanderbilt made his silver screen directorial debut for Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford in a drama entitled "Truth," which he also wrote and co-produced.
According to Variety, records show that Mister Vanderbilt and his wife, Amber, purchased the well-maintained mansion for $4.6 million in July 2009. The 7,136-square-foot, two-storey residence has five bedrooms and five full bathrooms, as well as two other half bathrooms.
The rear of the house which opens out to the backyard features an extensive center island kitchen fitted with slab granite countertops and hickory-toned cabinets. This kitchen opens to a family room and an informal dining space with a fire place, built-in media cabinet, and sunken wet bar.
The mansion also has three guest bedrooms on the upper level plus a gym and home office joined to a master suite, which is outfitted with a fireplace and French doors that open to a private terrace.
Property records show that the couple also owns a 3,258-square-foot residence above the Stone Canyon Reservoir in Bel Air, which was purchased in 2002 for $1.075 million by a then-still-single Vanderbilt.
James Vanderbilt has penned many memorable and diverse films such as Zodiac, The Losers, and The Rundown. He has been an in-demand writer for more than a decade now and is behind some of the most high-profile releases in Hollywood, as reported by the Huffington Post.
For his directing debut with the "Truth," Vanderbilt chose to dramatize 60 Minutes II's 2004 investigation into the National Guard service of President Bush, a story whose aftermath proved so explosive that it led to the retirement of Dan Rather, a longtime CBS Evening News anchor, who reported the story.
