With a background in theatre, James was president of the drama society at Oxford University and worked as a director and producer in the West End, on the Edinburgh Fringe and as a teacher of acting for the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain before focusing on teaching theatre theory and practice in the UK and Germany. Recruited into television and film development in 2018 at SquareOne Produtions in Munich, James spent four years building and running a slate of international projects for the company in various languages, including working on L’ORA (Canale 5, Italy) and OXEN (ZDF/TV2, Denmark).. James joined the team at Night Train Media in July 2022, becoming Head of Content in 2024 and Exec Producing the feature film THIS TIME NEXT YEAR (Netflix), as well as series projects THE INHERITANCE (Channel 5), FALLEN (Globo, SKY), CATCH ME A KILLER (Alibi, MNET) and the upcoming SAFE HARBOR (Videoland).