James Griffiths (director)
James Griffiths | |
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| Born | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Television director, film director |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Children | 2 |
James Griffiths is a British television and film director and producer. Griffiths is currently[when?] a producer on A Million Little Things, Black-ish, and its Freeform spinoff, Grown-ish. Griffiths also directed and executive produced ABC’s newest series, Stumptown.[1][full citation needed]
Career[]
Griffiths began his career directing music videos, and later began directing television in the United Kingdom. Griffiths directed every episode of Free Agents and the first season of Episodes.
Griffiths executive produced The Mayor and directed the pilot episode of Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life and Up All Night. All this came after Griffiths directed his first feature film Cuban Fury in 2014. 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 International Film Festival and a BAFTA nomination.
In 2019, Griffiths renewed his contract with ABC Studios for another two years, which includes a development contract with his own production company, Fee Fi Fo Films.[2]
In July 2021 it was announced by The Globe and Mail that James Griffins is the Toronto newspaper's new Asia correspondent, working out of Hong Kong where he has been located for the past five years. He is replacing correspondent Nathan VanderKlippe who will now be the Globe's US correspondent, after reporting from Beijing for eight years. [3]
References[]
- ^ "ABC Studios". abcstudios.go.com. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2019-06-21). "James Griffiths Re-Ups Overall Deal With ABC Studios". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ The Globe and Mail 22.7.2021.
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