A 2019 Cannes Silver Lions award winner, James is the co-creator/executive producer "Murder at the Breakers" on the Hallmark Mysteries Channel. While at Lorimar and Warner Bros, James executive produced the ABC miniseries "A Fearful Joy: The Mother Teresa Story".  And established writer/director/producer, James recently completed a new holiday rom com "So This Is Love" and a new full-length play "Another F*cking Blue Zone". James co-created and directed "Oscar Wilde About America", starring Oscar Conlon-Morrey, Academy Award, Golden Globe and Tony nominees and winners Rosemary Harris, Kate Burton, Christine Pedi, and Michael Childers. He wrote and directed the award-winning "Jimmy and Carolyn", starring TV and stage veterans Gregory Harrison and Mary Beth Peil, and the award-winning "The Extinction of Fireflies", starring Tony nominee, Drama Desk winner Michael Urie, two-time Olivier Award winner Tracie Bennett, and Drew Droege. James directed the award-winning immersive theatre piece "As Much As I Can" at the Public Theater in NYC. He is the Grand Prize recipient at the Rhode Island Film Festival for his teleplay, "The Gods of Newport". He is a Columbia University graduate who lives in Los Angeles and NYC—and his beloved home in Westerly, RI.