James Steven Sadwith
James Steven Sadwith (born October 20, 1952) is an American producer, screenwriter, and Emmy Award-winning film director. His films have won or been nominated for over 30 Emmy and Golden Globe awards. He is best known for directing the television movie In Broad Daylight (1991), the TV series Cracker, the miniseries Sinatra (1992) and Elvis (2005), and the feature film Coming Through the Rye (2015).
James Steven Sadwith
- Name
- James Steven Sadwith
- Born
- 20 October 1952
- Birthplace
- New Jersey, U.S.
- Occupation
- Producer, screenwriter, director, and professor
- Spouse
- Nerissa Edwards Sadwith
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- film production · film screenwriting · film direction
- Education
- Hotchkiss School
- Honours
- Primetime Emmy Award · Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie and or Dramatic Special
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James Steven Sadwith (born October 20, 1952) is an American producer, screenwriter, and Emmy Award-winning film director. His films have won or been nominated for over 30 Emmy and Golden Globe awards. He is best known for directing the television movie In Broad Daylight (1991), the TV series Cracker, the miniseries Sinatra (1992) and Elvis (2005), and the feature film Coming Through the Rye (2015).
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In 2018, he became a film professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
James Steven Sadwith studied at Hotchkiss School. The field of work recorded is film production, film screenwriting and film direction. Distinctions recorded are Primetime Emmy Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special.
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• Name — James Steven Sadwith • Born — 20 October 1952 • Birthplace — New Jersey, U.S. • Occupation — Producer, screenwriter, director, and professor • Years Active — 1982-present • Spouse — Nerissa Edwards Sadwith • Children — Tyler Sadwith, Hannah Sadwith, bonus children Austin Cawley-Edwards, Sawyer Cawley-Edwards
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