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{{short description|American film director}}
{{otheruses|Isaac James (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Isaak James, Writer, Co-director, and actor in "Turbine" at FLIFF 2011 (6318642591) (cropped).jpg|thumb|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 City|New York]].
== Education ==
James graduated from [[New York University]]'s [[Tisch School of the Arts]]
== Film ==
In 2006, alongside his sister Eva James,<ref>Interview.[http://filmmakermagazine.com/65018-sibling-cinema-a-brother-sister-perspective-on-indie-film/#.VjJ5u_mrRaR/ "Filmmaker Magazine"]</ref> James wrote, directed and starred in [[Special Needs (film)|Special Needs]]<ref>Gibron, B.[https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=28986 "Special Needs: Film Review"], DVDtalk, July 8, 2007, 2007</ref> a film which was acquired by [[Lloyd Kaufman]] at [[Troma Entertainment]] in 2007.<ref>Garrett, D.[https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117970433.html?categoryid=2526&cs=1 "Troma talks up Isaak James"], Variety Weekly, August 17, 2007</ref>
Since 2008 James has written and directed three other feature films;
* Hungry Years (2008)<ref>Gibron, B.[https://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/107480-hungry-years-2009/ "Hungry Years Review"]</ref>
* 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.<ref>Hernandez, E.[http://www.filmlinc.org/daily/by-way-of-home-isaak-james-eva-james-provincetown-film-festival/ "FilmLinc"]</ref><ref>Brennan, M.[http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/review-microbudget-indie-homegrown-by-way-of-home-millennials-boomerang-generation-festivals "IndieWire"]</ref><ref>Garfunkel, H.[http://www.papermag.com/view/gallery/51ccbc96beea7305e90001ff#9/ "Paper Magazine"]</ref> James' most recent film "Awesome_FCK" (2015) screened as part of the [[Toronto International Film Festival]]'s Short Cuts, Spring Awakening lineup <ref>TIFF.[http://thetfs.ca/2015/04/15/indie-wednesdays-awesome_fck/ "TIFF Short Cuts Lineup"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055122/http://thetfs.ca/2015/04/15/indie-wednesdays-awesome_fck/ |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref><ref>[[Thom Ernst|Ernst, T.]], [http://reelthomernst.com/Blog/?p=2333 "The Reel Thom Ernst"]</ref> and was awarded a jury prize at the [[Provincetown International Film Festival]].<ref>Smith, N.[https://www.indiewire.com/article/leaning-to-drive-and-packed-in-a-trunk-lead-provincetown-winners-20150622 "Indiewire Festival Recap"]</ref>
James' films are available on Netflix, Amazon & iTunes<ref>Marks, J.[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117938297.html?u=IMDB&p=H2BE&cs=1 "Special Needs DVD Review"], Variety.com , September 10, 2008</ref>
== Television==
James has appeared in TV shows including ''[[I Wanna Be a Soap Star 2]]''.<ref>SOAPnet Star Chat Transcripts [http://soapnet.go.com/chatboards/chat/transcripts/isaak_2005_07_15.html "Chat with Isaak James"], SOAP Transcripts, July 15, 2005</ref>
==References==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|1097181|Isaak James}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Male actors from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Tisch School of the Arts alumni]]
[[Category:People from Barnstable County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Male actors from Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Singers from Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Film directors from Massachusetts]]
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