Steve James

Steve James

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1954-03-08 (70 years old)

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Steve James is an American film producer and director of several documentaries, including the award-winning Hoop Dreams and Stevie. He is also the director of the 1997 feature film Prefontaine. His newest film, The Interrupters, a portrayal of a year inside the lives of former gang members in Chicago who now intervene in violent conflicts, will be released in 2011 after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. The film is his sixth feature length collaboration with his long-time filmmaking home, the non-profit Chicago production studio Kartemquin Films, and is also his fifth feature to be accepted into the Sundance Film Festival.


He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, studying with Charles Harpole. His work, he tells journalist Robert K. Elder in an interview for The Film That Changed My Life, was strongly influenced by the film Harlan County, USA.


There’ve been many documentaries over the years that have powerfully impacted me. I think this one came along at the time when I was more interested in being a feature filmmaker than a documentary filmmaker. So it came along at the beginning of a process of moving from an interest in feature film to documentaries, and that’s where my career has taken me. It came along at the right time for me. It helped me see, “Ah, this is more what I want to do.”


Steve James also pulls influence from the original definition of the term cinema verite as it applies to the Rouch/Morin method of filmmaking. Just as with Rouch and Morin, the “people on camera and we in the audience are continually reminded that a film is being made, that we are watching a film.” We are reminded of this through James’ presence on screen as well as his cinematic editing techniques, in order to obtain, what he believes is a more accurate depiction of truth.


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Filmography

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Movies 30

Director 20

Producer 11

TV Shows 6

self 3

Executive Producer
The Featherweight

The Featherweight (2023)

Movie
Director
The Luckiest Guy in the World

The Luckiest Guy in the World (2023)

Movie
Director / Producer / Editor
The Luckiest Guy in the World

The Luckiest Guy in the World (2023)

TV
Director / Editor / Writer
A Compassionate Spy

A Compassionate Spy (2022)

Movie
Executive Producer
Let the Little Light Shine

Let the Little Light Shine (2022)

Movie
Executive Producer
Messwood

Messwood (2021)

Movie
Producer / Director
City So Real

City So Real (2020)

TV
Executive Producer / Cinematography / Director
America to Me

America to Me (2018)

TV
Executive Producer
Minding the Gap

Minding the Gap (2018)

Movie
Executive Producer
The Rescue List

The Rescue List (2018)

Movie
Executive Producer
Edith+Eddie

Edith+Eddie (2017)

Movie
Director
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2017)

Movie
4
Director
Life After Hoop Dreams

Life After Hoop Dreams (2015)

Movie
Director
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss

We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss (2014)

Movie
Director
Life Itself

Life Itself (2014)

Movie
1
Director
Head Games

Head Games (2012)

Movie
Director
The Interrupters

The Interrupters (2011)

Movie
Self
These Amazing Shadows

These Amazing Shadows (2011)

Movie
Party Lover (uncredited)
Heartbeats

Heartbeats (2010)

Movie
4.33
Director
No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson

No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson (2010)

Movie
5
Director
30 for 30

30 for 30 (2009)

TV
6
Editorial Consultant
In the Family

In the Family (2008)

Movie
Director
At the Death House Door

At the Death House Door (2008)

Movie
Producer
The War Tapes

The War Tapes (2006)

Movie
Steve James
Supernatural

Supernatural (2005)

TV
6.61
Director
Reel Paradise

Reel Paradise (2005)

Movie
Director
The New Americans

The New Americans (2003)

Movie
Self
Stevie

Stevie (2002)

Movie
Director
Joe and Max

Joe and Max (2002)

Movie
Director
Passing Glory

Passing Glory (1999)

Movie
Director
Storyville

Storyville (1997)

TV
Director
Prefontaine

Prefontaine (1997)

Movie
Director
Hoop Dreams

Hoop Dreams (1994)

Movie
5.25
Director / Editor / Producer / Writer
Higher Goals

Higher Goals (1992)

Movie
Director
Grassroots Chicago

Grassroots Chicago (1991)

Movie
Director
The Value of Work

The Value of Work

Movie

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Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1954-03-08 (70 years old)

Birth Place
Hampton, Virginia, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Awards
Directors Guild of America Award


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