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At The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000) ceremony, he was the subject of controversy after he was kissed by his sister Angelina Jolie, who won for Best Supporting Actress in गर्ल, इंटरप्टेड (1999).

Older brother of Angelina Jolie.

Son of Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. Nephew of Chip Taylor.

Studied filmmaking at USC School of Cinema-Television in Los Angeles, California.

Like his sister, he was estranged from their father for several years, during which he legally dropped "Voight" as his surname. In the wake of his mother's death from ovarian cancer on January 27, 2007, he reconciled with his father after a six-year estrangement.

Attended and graduated from Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California (1991).

On his father's side, he has German and Slovak ancestry. His mother was of approximately one half French-Canadian, one quarter Dutch, and one quarter Polish, descent. James also has a remote Huron ancestor, his maternal eight times great-grandmother, Catherine Anenontha, who was born, c. 1649, in Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec. James's paternal grandparents were Elmer Samuel Vojtka, later Elmer Voight, and Barbara Agnes Kamp, both of New York, while James's maternal grandparents were Rolland Francis Bertrand and Lois June Gouwens, both of Illinois.

Uncle of Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt, and Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt.

Ex-brother-in-law of Jonny Lee Miller, Billy Bob Thornton and Brad Pitt.

While attending USC, he received the George Lucas Award for directing a student film which included his sister Angelina Jolie.