On Friday I visited the inaugural Bournemouth International Film Festival, where there was a double bill of my recent behind the scenes documentary “A Sketch of a Temperament: The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved” and “The Well Beloved” film itself. This project has been a joy to work on. A couple […]
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It feels like it has been a spectacularly long time since I finished a film. In reality it depends on the definition. I’ve had music videos recently, did experimental shorts in the pandemic and produced Isra with Will. But it’s been a while since I directed a narrative. Over ten […]
The year is almost at an end. I’ve almost completed my teaching for the year. A new album is recorded, mixed and ready for mastering. I think I finished filming the last sequence for a documentary that I have been making, although I may still need some interviews to help […]
Last week I had the pleasure of joining Will Whiting on his latest project, Turtle Dove. Will and I worked together on Isra and an fun sortie into walking/filmmaking, which I hope to turn into music videos one day. This project was written, produced and directed by Will, and something […]
Twenty years ago I submitted Heaven Sent, my final film at university, for assessment. Twenty years later and I am back at the same university, now marking other students’ films. I felt it was a good opportunity to reflect. I didn’t really want to direct in university. I had specialised […]
I interviewed myself for an imaginary podcast while walking the dog this afternoon. “Tell us more about your creative process James.” I demanded of myself. “Well, James, I don’t really consider there to be one single process. I could say that I am on some kind of journey, but that […]
A while back I was frustrated at watching crappy TV shows and poor movies, so I decided to work towards seeing the IMDb Top 250 rated films. I was conscious of the users on IMDb and figured it was probably pretty skewed, but I also figured that some academically critical […]
Des & Mo was seen at Galway by Susanna from the IrishFilmFesta in Rome and she contacted me today to sort finer details. I’m not sure if I’m allowed to say this but it’s being screened on Saturday 3rd December! Shh…. we like an exclusive! I’m really bloody excited to […]
Hmm… I no longer seem to be an admin on the 72hourmovie Facebook page and all evidence of the ‘I’ve Got This Idea For A Film’ documentary about the 72 hour project has been deleted. If you find this curious and would like to know why such strange things may […]