STEVE JAMES
Steve James
Gender: Male
Known for: Directing
Birthday: March 8, 1958
Place of Birth: Hampton, Virginia, USA
Biography
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.
Filmography
Starring
2014·
Life ItselfSelf - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)
Self
2010·
HeartbeatsParty Lover (uncredited)
Self / Narrator (voice)
2005·
SupernaturalSteve James
2002·
StevieHimself
1994·
Hoop DreamsNarrator (voice)
Production
Director, Editor, Producer
Director
2023·
The FeatherweightExecutive Producer
2022·
A Compassionate SpyEditor, Writer, Director
Executive Producer
2021·
MesswoodExecutive Producer
2020·
City So RealProducer, Director
2018·
America to MeCinematography, Executive Producer, Director
2018·
The Rescue ListExecutive Producer
2018·
Minding the GapExecutive Producer
2017·
Edith+EddieExecutive Producer
Director
Director
2014·
Life ItselfProducer, Editor, Director
Director
2012·
Head GamesProducer, Director
2011·
The InterruptersCinematography, Editor, Producer, Director
Editor, Producer, Writer, Director
2009·
30 for 30Director
2008·
In the FamilyEditorial Consultant
Director
2005·
Reel ParadiseProducer, Editor, Director
2003·
The New AmericansDirector
2002·
Joe and MaxDirector
2002·
StevieDirector
1999·
Passing GloryDirector
1997·
StoryvilleDirector
1997·
PrefontaineScreenplay, Director
1994·
Hoop DreamsEditor, Producer, Writer, Director
1992·
Higher GoalsDirector, Writer, Editor, Producer
1991·
Grassroots ChicagoDirector