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James Lawes is an experienced writer, with a range of narrative shorts including BE GOOD, NADYA'S CIRCUS and BLACK DUST which have screened at film festivals worldwide.
He is currently developing a range of features as writer/director. Click here to see James's slate of completed drama projects.
As a director, his cinematic & story-driven commercial work including THE FASTEST HOUR, CROSSING OVER and YOUR FAMILY NEEDS YOU. He has won awards at the New York Film Festival, Cannes, EvCom and the IVCA.
James is represented by Steven Russell.
He is currently developing a range of features as writer/director. Click here to see James's slate of completed drama projects.
As a director, his cinematic & story-driven commercial work including THE FASTEST HOUR, CROSSING OVER and YOUR FAMILY NEEDS YOU. He has won awards at the New York Film Festival, Cannes, EvCom and the IVCA.
James is represented by Steven Russell.
IN DEVELOPMENT
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SOLDIER BOY
(writer/director) |
Script available.
Feature. |
Haunted by his past and in seek of revenge, a disillusioned young solider returns to his home town, only to unwittingly become embroiled in a series of unnerving events that will truly test his morality.
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RIPPLE
(writer/director) |
Script available.
Feature. |
Leading an isolated life after the unsolved murder of her parents 29 years earlier, a worker at a cutting-edge tech lab steals a powerful prototype that she believes can isolate historic sound-waves in an attempt to uncover the truth behind the mystery. She must convince her estranged and reluctant older sister to help solve the case before their old family home is torn down and the echoes within it are lost forever.
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DAY NIGHT DAY
(writer/director) |
Script available.
Feature. |
Snatched from her romantic holiday in Spain, a carefree student disappears without a trace. Finding herself imprisoned in a strangers basement, she must learn to adapt and outsmart her vicious captor if she is to survive.
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THE SEEDS WE SOW
(writer/director) |
Script available.
Feature. |
A destitute farmer is forced to fortify himself and his family within their home when their aggressive neighbour accuses the farmer's deaf teenage son of somehow being connected to the disappearance of his daughter. Over a fraught evening the farmer must try to uncover exactly what has taken place before their volatile aggressor succeeds in gaining entry to their home.
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ELEMENTS
(writer/director) |
Script available.
Short film. |
A medical scientist, struggling to perfect the cutting edge process that could cure his terminally-ill wife, finds he has to make the ultimate decision about his own life in order to save hers...
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CREDITS
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BE GOOD
(writer/director) |
Archers Mark.
Short films. |
It's Friday night and Hayley, an eight-year-old girl, is left terrified when her mother goes out to a party leaving her home alone. She is convinced that something is hiding in the shadows of their once opulent family home, and it's getting ever closer to her. Finally Mummy returns, accompanied by an untrustworthy looking stranger that she calls "a friend". His demeanor is cold and his intentions seem unclear. Who is he? What does he want and just what is this faceless being that is lurking in the darkness? 2019.
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BLACK DUST
(co-writer/director) |
Pretzel Films.
Short film. |
Best friends Andy and Bryn are two coal miner’s sons, growing up in the 'old county of Warwickshire'. A caved-in tunnel has resulted in Andy’s father being trapped down a mine. It is up to Ike, Bryn’s abusive father, to get him out. The film focuses on Andy’s transition from child to man as we follow the events prior to, and surrounding, the two-day entrapment of his father. 2012.
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NADYA'S CIRCUS
(co-writer/director) |
Saloon Films.
Short film. |
Nadya and her teengage friends embark on a trip to London from Poland, where their chaperon Olek promises a night like no other as they meet his charismatic friends and sample the local night-life. Alone at the bar, Nadya attracts the attention of two young hopefuls with dishonorable intentions. After sharing a drink with them, she becomes disorientated, separated from her friends in a strange place and drugged, with her outcome looking bleak... 2010.
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