My work has taken me around the world on projects for Google, Pinterest, the PGA Tour, Business Insider, Sotheby’s, Comcast, the NBA, as well as feature documentary films and series for Netflix, National Geographic, and PBS.

Alongside client work, I’ve directed multiple award-winning short documentaries of my own.

I’m all too familiar with last minute schedule changes, chaotic shoot days, and watching a story find it’s legs throughout a production, and the unpredictable nature of it is something I’ve grown to love.

The editing room is where the story really starts to take shape. It’s the process of stepping back from the chaos of production and figuring out what we’re really trying to say. I’m drawn to the challenge of finding meaningful connections between moments and discovering emotional through lines in unexpected places.

What ultimately matters to me is how a piece impacts an audience. The strongest measure of success for me is not just the scale of people it reaches, but genuine reactions. When someone tells me a film made them feel something, changed their perspective, or inspired them to take action, that’s the outcome I care about most.

-James