Biography
James is a BAFTA nominated writer and director, his biggest love being comedy.
James recently directed Catherine Tate’s Netflix sitcom Hard Cell.
He currently has a script optioned with Baby Cow productions called Pay & Display. He’s currently pitching his latest projects Skipper to production companies and his beach based sitcom Lifeguards to channels.
James is the resident director for Comic Relief and Children in Need sketches and has had the pleasure of directing great talent including Stephen Fry, Romesh Ranganathan, Mel & Sue, Harry Hill, Jimmy Carr, Asim Chaudhry, Rosie Jones, Tom Davis, Judi Love, Daniel Craig, David Walliams and Matt Lucas and in a true career highlight he once filmed the Cheeky Girls opening a Pound Land.
Credits
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
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A STORY 2024 |
Co-Writer |
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SKIPPER 2023 |
Co-writer |
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RESIDENTS GROUP 2023 |
Co-writer |
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WELL HUNG 2023 |
Co-writer |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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NEE NAW 2024 |
Emanata Studios |
Co-Writer |
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COMIC RELIEF SKETCHES 2024 |
BBC Studios |
Writer & Director |
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LAST ONE LAUGHING 2024 |
Zeppotron |
Director |
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LORD SNOOTY 2024 |
Emanata Studios |
Co-Writer |
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CHILDREN IN NEED SKETCHES 2024 |
BBC Studios |
Writer & Director |
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FLOORED 2024 |
Objective Fiction |
Co-Writer |
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COMIC RELIEF SKETCHES 2023 |
BBC Studios |
Writer & Director |
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CHILDREN IN NEED SKETCHES 2023 |
BBC Studios |
Writer & Director |
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PAY & DISPLAY 2023 |
Baby Cow |
Co-Writer |
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COMIC RELIEF 2022 |
BBC Studios |
Writer & Director |
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CHILDREN IN NEED 2022 |
BBC Studios |
Writer & Director |
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LIFEGUARDS 2022 |
Burning Reel |
Writer & Director |
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HARD CELL 2021 |
Leopard Pictures |
Director |
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COMIC RELIEF SKETCHES 2021 |
BBC Studios BBC1 |
Writer & Director |
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SPORT RELIEF SKETCHES 2020 |
BBC Studios BBC1 |
Writer & Director |
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CHILDREN IN NEED SKETCHES 2020 |
BBC Studios BBC1 |
Writer & Director |
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BIG NIGHT IN SKETCHES 2020 |
BBC Studios BBC1 |
Writer & Director |
