James is an Emmy-nominated screenwriter, sketch comedian and producer – spanning projects from kids’ animation to YA to live action adult comedy. He moved to Los Angeles from London in 2019 to work as head writer and co-developer of Netflix Animation’s critically acclaimed series Dogs In Space (“consistently smart and deft – just snarky enough, just silly enough, and just sentimental enough” – New York Times).
More recently, James worked as head writer of Netflix’s YA urban fantasy series Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld, which has been nominated for three Children’s & Family Emmy Awards in 2025, including for Outstanding Writing. The series – starring and executive produced by Ali Wong – was also nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming by the Television Critics Association.
In 2024, James created, wrote and executive produced Murder for Dummies: a six episode, live action horror-comedy murder mystery series. James produced the series independently with his multi award winning UK comedy troupe Casual Violence. Murder for Dummies has since been screened at over a dozen film festivals across the globe, and received multiple festival awards. The whole series is available on YouTube now.
Before moving to America, James was a regular writer for two years on Cartoon Network’s multi-BAFTA winning The Amazing World of Gumball: racking up more than fifty writing credits across seasons four, five and six. He co-wrote the episode ‘The Copycats’, which won two British Animation Awards. His other animation credits include Unikitty, Bravest Warriors, Space Chickens In Space, Monster Beach and Love Monster.
James is currently working with Mattel as head writer on a beloved heritage IP for younger audiences, and has further projects in development with DreamWorks, Apple TV, Flying Bark, and Ubisoft.
Outside of writing, James is a reckless but enthusiastic home cook and dinner-party host, an avid theatre-goer, a lifelong Nintendo fanboy, and – with LA having gotten the better of him – a hiker.
James is represented by Gotham Group in the US, working in association with GHA.
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