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James Foley
James Wright Foley 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 north-western Syria. He was murdered by beheading in August 2014 purportedly as a response to American airstrikes in Iraq, thus becoming the first American citizen to be murdered by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria…
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culture · American journalist (1973–2014) · photojournalist · teacher · journalist · also James Foley, James Foley (journalist), James Wright Foley, Jim Foley, James Wright "Jim" Foley, Foley
Born 18 October 1973 · Died 19 August 2014 · Q17562199
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 9 entries
FilmBook: FIFTY SHADES Movies’ Director James Foley Dies at 71- A Look Back at His Films
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Yahoo: James Foley, ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ director, dies at 71
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Decider: The Uncanny Intensity of Director James Foley, Whose Best Films Left A Mark
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Yahoo: James Foley, director behind ‘House of Cards,’ ‘Fifty Shades’ and ‘Fear,’ dead at 71
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Los Angeles Times: James Foley, filmmaker who directed Madonna music videos and ‘Fifty Shades’ sequels, dies at 71
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Variety: James Foley, ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ ‘House of Cards’ Director, Dies at 71
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AV Club: R.I.P. James Foley, director of Glengarry Glen Ross and Fifty Shades Darker
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IndieWire: ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ ‘Fifty Shades,’ and ‘Fear’ Director James Foley Dead at 71
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WBUR: Memoir by 'American Mother' of slain journalist James Foley tells of empathy, faith and redemption
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2019· 1 entry
The Danish biographical narrative film Daniel, about fellow ISIS hostage Daniel Rye Ottosen, released for ransom, includes Foley, as played by Toby Kebbell
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2018· 1 entry
According to Charlie Savage, writing in The New York Times, Foley's mother Diane has called for the individuals who murdered him and abused him to be given a fair trial, not tried through a Guantanamo Military Commission
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2016· 1 entry
The documentary film Jim: The James Foley Story was released, directed by Brian Oakes and distributed by Dogwoof
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2014· 7 entries
CBS News: James Foley's parents release one of his last letters
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Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sculpture depicting the face of Foley, made of four tons of sand on the beach of Puri city in the eastern province of Odisha
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Died 2014-08-19.
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ISIS sent Foley's parents an email saying that U
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Agence France-Presse (AFP) also released a statement saying that it would "no longer accept work from freelance journalists who travel to places where we ourselves would not venture
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Boston-based GlobalPost, for which Foley had been a contributor, released a statement saying, "While we continue to send staff correspondents to Syria, we no longer accept freelance work from that war zone
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Foley's family started the James W
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2012· 2 entries
Foley was kidnapped by an organized gang after departing from an internet café with British journalist John Cantlie, in northwestern Syria while on their way to the Turkish border
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Career landmark: kidnapping.
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2011· 1 entry
Foley admitted that he had marijuana in his possession and resigned his position
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2009· 1 entry
Became an embedded journalist, in Nuristan, Nangarhar and Kunar, Afghanistan, with the United States 4th Infantry Division and 10th Mountain Division
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2008· 2 entries
Foley worked for USAID-funded Tatweer development projects in Baghdad
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Became an embedded journalist with USAID-funded development projects in Iraq
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2007· 1 entry
Foley enrolled in Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism
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2003· 1 entry
Foley returned to Phoenix for one year before relocating to Chicago in the summer of 2004 and taking a job teaching writing to young felons at the Cook County Boot Camp
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1999· 1 entry
Foley decided to pursue his MFA in creative writing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
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1996· 1 entry
Graduated from Marquette University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and Spanish, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2002, and a Master o
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1973· 1 entry
Born 1973-10-18.
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