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James Lawes is an experienced writer and director, with a range of 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.
His narrative shorts NADYA'S CIRCUS and BLACK DUST have screened at film festivals worldwide. He is currently developing his first feature DAY NIGHT DAY.
James is represented by Steven Russell.
His narrative shorts NADYA'S CIRCUS and BLACK DUST have screened at film festivals worldwide. He is currently developing his first feature DAY NIGHT DAY.
James is represented by Steven Russell.
IN DEVELOPMENT
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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. Imprisoned in a strangers basement, she must learn to adapt and endure if she is to survive.
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THE SEEDS WE SOW
(writer/director) |
Script available.
Feature. |
A destitute farmer fortifies himself and his family within their home when their aggressive neighbour accuses the farmer's deaf teenage son of starting a fire that has killed all his livestock. Over a fraught evening the farmer must try to uncover exactly what has taken place before the aggressors gain entry to their home.
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SOLDIER BOY
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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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THE QUIET
(writer/director) |
IN DEVELOPMENT.
Feature. |
In an attempt to solve a historic, double murder in her family, a keen, young scientist secretly trials a device that she believes will allow her to listen to sound waves from the past. In doing so, she unwittingly entangles herself in something far more sinister.
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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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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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