Isaak James
Isaac James (disambiguation) • Illustration — James in 2011 Isaak James, an American film director, actor, singer and musician, was born on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He is known as the founder of Last Ditch Pictures and is based in New York.
Isaak James

Gabriel Tyner from Fort Lauderdale, USA · Isaak James, Writer, Co-director, and actor in "Turbine" at FLIFF 2011 · CC BY 2.0
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- United States
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- actor · film director · film editor · screenwriter · film producer · singer · musician
- Education
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts
- Languages
- English
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James graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts
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James has appeared in TV shows including I Wanna Be a Soap Star 2.
Film
In 2006, alongside his sister Eva James, James wrote, directed and starred in Special Needs a film which was acquired by Lloyd Kaufman at Troma Entertainment in 2007. Since 2008 James has written and directed three other feature films; • Hungry Years (2008) • Turbine (2010) • By Way of Home (2011). "By Way of Home" was produced for $1000 and was referred to by Eugene Hernandez at Film Lincoln Center as part of the "Homegrown" film movement. James' most recent film "Awesome_FCK" (2015) screened as part of the Toronto International Film Festival's Short Cuts, Spring Awakening lineup and was awarded a jury prize at the Provincetown International Film Festival. James' films are available on Netflix, Amazon & iTunes
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- 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"
- 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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