Isaak James

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Isaak James (born on Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is an American film director, actor, singer and musician. He is the founder of . James is based in New York.

Education[]

James graduated New York University's Tisch School of the Arts

Film[]

In 2006, with his sister Eva James,[1] James wrote, directed and starred in Special Needs[2] which was acquired by Lloyd Kaufman at Troma Entertainment in 2007.[3]

Since 2008 James has written and directed three other feature films; Hungry Years (2008)[4] Turbine (2010) and By Way of Home (2011). "By Way of Home" was produced for $1000 and was referred to by Eugene Hernandez at as part of the "Homegrown" film movement.[5][6][7] James' most recent film "Awesome_FCK" (2015) screened as part of the Toronto International Film Festival's Short Cuts, Spring Awakening lineup [8][9] and was awarded a jury prize at the Provincetown International Film Festival.[10]

James' films are available on Netflix, Amazon & iTunes[11]

Television[]

James has appeared in TV shows including .[12]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ Interview."Filmmaker Magazine"
  2. ^ Gibron, B."Special Needs: Film Review", DVDtalk, July 8, 2007, 2007
  3. ^ Garrett, D."Troma talks up Isaak James", Variety Weekly, August 17, 2007
  4. ^ Gibron, B."Hungry Years Review"
  5. ^ Hernandez, E."FilmLinc"
  6. ^ Brennan, M."IndieWire"
  7. ^ Garfunkel, H."Paper Magazine"
  8. ^ TIFF."TIFF Short Cuts Lineup" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Ernst, T."The Reel Thom Ernst"
  10. ^ Smith, N."Indiewire Festival Recap"
  11. ^ Marks, J."Special Needs DVD Review", Variety.com , September 10, 2008
  12. ^ SOAPnet Star Chat Transcripts "Chat with Isaak James", SOAP Transcripts, July 15, 2005


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