James is a director and screenwriter from Hereford, England. He is a graduate of the UK's National Film & Television School (Directing Fiction MA) and known for writing and directing the short films Barry Glitter, The Car Washer and festival favourite Ferris & The Fancy Pigeon, which was shortlisted for Odeon's 'Best Short of the Year' and won the Royal Television Society award for 'Best Drama' in 2017.James's debut feature film, Jellyfish premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in April 2018 and had its International premiere shortly after at Edinburgh International Film Festival, where it won the 'Michael Powell Award' for 'Best Performance in a British Feature Film'. In September 2018 Jellyfish won the Grand Jury, Critic, Screenplay and inaugural Performance 'Hitchcock' awards at Dinard Film Festival.