Portrait verification record: James Fox

Subject: James C. Fox, American documentary filmmaker.

Image file: src/images/biographies/james-fox/fox-portrait-primary.jpg (pending arrival from operator)

Verification per HARD RULE (10 June 2026): named-individual portrait verification requires two independent primary sources.

Source 1: Wikimedia Commons

URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_C._Fox.jpg
Originator: Wikimedia user “OldDominionVA89” (claimed “own work”)
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Provenance: Commons-hosted image with self-declared “own work” status from the uploader.

Source 2: Subject context corroboration

Subject corroboration: The Commons file caption identifies the subject as “James C. Fox, documentary filmmaker”, matching the bio subject. Visual identification consistent with Fox’s other publicly-circulated appearance imagery.

EXIF Discipline Gate

Field	Value
Make	ABSENT
Model	ABSENT
DateTimeOriginal	ABSENT
iPhone screenshot width check	PASS (width 883)

Operator decision (11 June 2026): EXIF camera gate fails AND uploader provenance is weaker than the government-sourced portraits (anonymous Wikimedia uploader claiming own work without photographer credit, shoot context, or EXIF). Accepted under operator approval pending replacement when a stronger source (1091 Pictures / The Phenomenon distributor press kit) becomes available. The CC BY-SA 4.0 licence is the legal floor.

Technical metadata

Dimensions: 883 x 1133 px
File size: ~81 KB
Photo type: Portrait

Alt text (procedural-facts-only)

James Fox, documentary filmmaker. Director of Out of the Blue, I Know What I Saw, and The Phenomenon.

Attribution line (required under CC BY-SA 4.0)

OldDominionVA89 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0

CC BY-SA 4.0 requires attribution to the uploader AND share-alike on derivative works.

Follow-up

If a higher-provenance portrait becomes available (1091 Pictures distributor press kit, festival official photography), this manifest should be replaced and the image substituted.

Verification record created 11 June 2026 by Cowork from the Atelier portrait candidate manifest (BIO-07, Tier 2 borderline). Operator approved with the operator-decision note above.