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James was born in the small port city of Burnie in Tasmania. He moved with his family to the north shore of Sydney when he was young where he had a passion for the arts, especially writing and music, but was even more obsessed with sport. He represented NSW in cricket as a youngster and played in the premiership-winning team at The Shore School before a serious back injury ended any aspirations he may have had. After high school, he attended Macquarie University where he spent half of his time with his band, Rash Behaviour, and the rest studying economics and politics. He was fortunate to study the politics of racism and genocide under Professor Colin Tatz AO and became obsessed with the endeavour of understanding the negative human qualities of greed and power and the senseless outcomes they cause. He has always been fascinated by humanity's inability to overcome its worst self and the understanding of the evil that lies within us all. Post-university, he turned down a sought-after role as a journalist due to a severe paper allergy that had secretly troubled him for years and went into the world of currency trading where paper shuffling wasn't necessary. He loved the chaotic and barely regulated markets of the nineties and worked for major banks in Sydney, London, and New York before moving into the world of hedge funds, where he founded and ran two global macro currency businesses for a total of 12 years. In 2013 James needed a change from the financial markets and wanted to embark on a new adventure. So he rallied a team and went and filmed a gruelling trek along the Kokoda Trail with Charlie Lynn, Gyton Grantley and Alex Wileman. The ensuing documentary was aired multiple times on the Nine Network, EMTV, TVNZ and Virgin in-Flight Entertainment. He fell in love with the industry and since then has written multiple screenplays and books including 'Traders', 'The Soho Oracle', and 'Perfectly Imperfect Love'. He recently wrote, directed, produced and edited the short film 'Wakehurst Parkway: Australia's Most Haunted Road' which won multiple awards in film festivals globally before teaming up with Storm Ashwood to produce a slate of films commencing with the psychological bank heist thriller with a powerful child trafficking and illegal adoption message called 'The Secret Moon'.
