After a childhood in theatre, James transferred his skills to film, shooting his very first short « The Apology Line » to much acclaim and numerous best film awards, a European Film Academy Award nomination and official selection at over 50 festivals worldwide including Sundance. Two more award winning short films followed (Pockets was named one of the top ten short documentaries ever made by the UK’s Channel 4) after which he signed to the prestigious Warp Films.
This soon led to representation in the States with Doomsday Entertainment and music videos for some of the world’s biggest and most respected artists with his various videos for OneRepublic, Justin Bieber, Lil Dicky and Bloc Party.
In advertising, James has helmed extensive commercial campaigns for respected brands such as Beats by Dre, Converse, BBC or Bacardi Rum and is a regular contributor to the fashion, art and culture online platform Nowness. Ending, James’ latest short film funded by Creative Scotland and Creative England is being released in 2017 as James develops his first feature for production.