James Dean: The First American Teenager

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{{Infobox film

|name=James Dean: The First American Teenager

|director=Ray Connolly

|starring=James Dean
Dennis Hopper
Leonard Rosenman
Carroll Baker
Sammy Davis Jr.
Natalie Wood
Sal Mineo

|narrator=Stacy Keach

|country=United States

|production_companies = ZIV International

|distributor = British Lion Films

|released={{Film date|1976}}

|budget=£99,558Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 357. Income is distributor's receipts, combined domestic and international, as at 31 Dec 1978.

|gross=£148,618

|language=English

}}

James Dean: The First American Teenager was a 1976 American documentary film about actor James Dean featuring interviews with many of Dean's friends and co-stars.{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/james-dean-the-first-american-teenager |title=James Dean – the First American Teenager, directed by Ray Connolly | Film review |publisher=timeout.com|accessdate=2016-04-09}}{{cite web|title=James Dean: The First American Teenager|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/158965/James-Dean-the-First-American-Teenager/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123092333/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/158965/James-Dean-the-First-American-Teenager/overview|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Clarke Fountain|date=2015|archive-date=2015-11-23}}

The film was produced by ZIV International and distributed by British Lion Films.