James Griffiths (director), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

James Griffiths (director)

Television, film director

Date of Birth: 07-May-1971

Place of Birth: United Kingdom

Profession: television director, film director

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About James Griffiths (director)

  • James Griffths is a BAFTA-nominated British television and film director and producer.
  • James has quickly established himself as one of the most prolific & successful pilot directors in television today, having in just a few years put 7 of 8 pilots that he's directed and executive produced on the air in the United States, spanning comedy & drama for both broadcast & cable.
  • Three of those include ongoing hit series: A MILLION LITTLE THINGS, BLACK-ISH and its FreeForm-based spinoff GROWN-ISH.
  • Most recently, James directed and executive produced ABC’s newest series STUMPTOWN starring Cobie Smulders. Griffiths has also executive produced ABC's THE MAYOR and directed the pilots for Fox's Justin Bartha-starring COOPER BARRETT'S GUIDE TO SURVIVING LIFE & NBC's UP ALL NIGHT for Lorne Michaels, starring Will Arnett, Christina Applegate, and Maya Rudolph.
  • All this came after James, who got his start in music videos, made a name for himself in the UK by directing every episode of the Big Talk cult series FREE AGENTS starring Sharon Horgan as well as the entire first season of EPISODES for Showtime/BBC starring Matt LeBlanc, for which Matt won a Golden Globe.
  • On the heels of those successes, James directed his first feature film CUBAN FURY which was produced by Big Talk and starred Nick Frost, Rashida Jones and Chris O'Dowd, debuting to rave reviews internationally.
  • Previously, his 2006 short film THE ONE AND ONLY HERB MCGWYER PLAYS WALLIS ISLAND premiered at the Toronto Shorts Festival, earning the Best Short Film award at the Edinburgh Film Festival and a BAFTA nomination. James has recently re-upped his longstanding ABC Studios overall deal for directing and developing through Griffiths’ company, Fee Fi Fo Films, which he runs with head of development Brett Pirtle.

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