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Steve James

Steve James

Actor, Director, Producer

Born March 8, 1958 in Hampton, Virginia, USA

Died December 18, 1993

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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.

He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, studying with Charles Harpole. His work, he tells journalist Robert K. Elder in an interview for The Film That Changed My Life, was strongly influenced by the film Harlan County, USA.

There’ve been many documentaries over the years that have powerfully impacted me. I think this one came along at the time when I was more interested in being a feature filmmaker than a documentary filmmaker. So it came along at the beginning of a process of moving from an interest in feature film to documentaries, and that’s where my career has taken me. It came along at the right time for me. It helped me see, “Ah, this is more what I want to do.”

Steve James also pulls influence from the original definition of the term cinema verite as it applies to the Rouch/Morin method of filmmaking. Just as with Rouch and Morin, the “people on camera and we in the audience are continually reminded that a film is being made, that we are watching a film.” We are reminded of this through James’ presence on screen as well as his cinematic editing techniques, in order to obtain, what he believes is a more accurate depiction of truth.

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34 wins and 42 nominations

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Stevie - Trailer

Filmography

Actor

22

Type

Year

ASC Clubhouse Conversations Poster

ASC Clubhouse Conversations TV Series2020Self - Director

Room H.264: Quarantine, April 2020 Feature Film2020

The Oscars Poster

The Oscars TV Special2018Self - Nominee

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso TV Series2016Self

Steve James: An IU Cinema Exclusive Video2015Self

DePaul VAS Presents: A Conversation with Steve James Video2014Self

HuffPost Live Conversations TV Series2014Self - Guest

Life Itself Poster

Life Itself Documentary2014Self

The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards Poster

The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards TV Special2012Self

These Amazing Shadows Poster

These Amazing Shadows Documentary2011Self

SXSW Flashback 2010 Poster

SXSW Flashback 2010 TV Special2010Self

Morning Joe Poster

Morning Joe TV Series2007Self

Doc Talk Poster

Doc Talk TV Series2006Self

The Fabulous Picture Show Poster

The Fabulous Picture Show TV Series2006Self

The 50 Greatest Documentaries Documentary2005Self

Stevie Documentary2002Self

Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken Poster

Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken Documentary2001Self

Split Screen Poster

Split Screen TV Series1997Self

10th Anniversary Independent Spirit Awards TV Special1995Self - Winner

Hoop Dreams Reunion TV Special1995Self

Hoop Dreams Poster

Hoop Dreams Documentary1994Narrator

WGN Morning News Poster

WGN Morning News TV Series1994Self

Director

29

Type

Year

The Luckiest Guy in the World Poster

The Luckiest Guy in the World TV Series2023

A Compassionate Spy Poster

A Compassionate Spy Feature Film2022

City So Real Poster

City So Real Mini-Series2020

America to Me Poster

America to Me TV Series2018

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Poster

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Documentary2016

Life After Hoop Dreams Poster

Life After Hoop Dreams Documentary2015

The New Yorker Presents Poster

The New Yorker Presents TV Series2015

A Place Called Pluto Documentary2014

Life Itself Poster

Life Itself Documentary2014

We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss Poster

We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss Documentary2014

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas Poster

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas Documentary2012

Head Games Poster

Head Games Documentary2012

The Music Man Poster

The Music Man Short Film2012

The Interrupters Poster

The Interrupters Documentary2011

30 for 30 Poster

30 for 30 TV Series2009

At the Death House Door Poster

At the Death House Door Documentary2008

Paradise Regained Short Film2008

Reel Paradise Poster

Reel Paradise Documentary2005

The New Americans Poster

The New Americans Documentary2003

Joe and Max Poster

Joe and Max TV Movie2002

Stevie Documentary2002

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Passing Glory Poster

Passing Glory TV Movie1999

Prefontaine Poster

Prefontaine Feature Film1997

Hoop Dreams Poster

Hoop Dreams Documentary1994

Higher Goals Poster

Higher Goals Short Film1993

Grassroots Chicago Poster

Grassroots Chicago Documentary1991

Stop Substance Abuse Documentary1986

Frontline Poster

Frontline TV Series1983

Producer

28

Type

Year

The Featherweight Poster

The Featherweight Feature Film2023

The Luckiest Guy in the World Poster

The Luckiest Guy in the World TV Series2023

A Compassionate Spy Poster

A Compassionate Spy Feature Film2022

Let the Little Light Shine Poster

Let the Little Light Shine Feature Film2022

The Ants & the Grasshopper Poster

The Ants & the Grasshopper Documentary2021

The Rescue List Poster

The Rescue List Documentary2020

America to Me Poster

America to Me TV Series2018

Minding the Gap Poster

Minding the Gap Documentary2018

Edith+Eddie Poster

Edith+Eddie Documentary2017

Hard Earned TV Series2015

Life After Hoop Dreams Poster

Life After Hoop Dreams Documentary2015

A Place Called Pluto Documentary2014

Life Itself Poster

Life Itself Documentary2014

Lucky Documentary2014

Head Games Poster

Head Games Documentary2012

The Interrupters Poster

The Interrupters Documentary2011

30 for 30 Poster

30 for 30 TV Series2009

At the Death House Door Poster

At the Death House Door Documentary2008

The War Tapes Poster

The War Tapes Documentary2006

Reel Paradise Poster

Reel Paradise Documentary2005

The New Americans Poster

The New Americans Documentary2003

Stevie Documentary2002

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Hoop Dreams Poster

Hoop Dreams Documentary1994

Higher Goals Poster

Higher Goals Short Film1993

P.O.V. TV Series1988

Frontline Poster

Frontline TV Series1983

Mossadegh & Me Documentary

Editor

14

Type

Year

The Luckiest Guy in the World Poster

The Luckiest Guy in the World TV Series2023

City So Real Poster

City So Real Mini-Series2020

America to Me Poster

America to Me TV Series2018

Life Itself Poster

Life Itself Documentary2014

The Music Man Poster

The Music Man Short Film2012

The Interrupters Poster

The Interrupters Documentary2011

At the Death House Door Poster

At the Death House Door Documentary2008

The War Tapes Poster

The War Tapes Documentary2006

Reel Paradise Poster

Reel Paradise Documentary2005

Stevie Documentary2002

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Hoop Dreams Poster

Hoop Dreams Documentary1994

Higher Goals Poster

Higher Goals Short Film1993

Frontline Poster

Frontline TV Series1983

Cinematographer

4

Type

Year

America to Me Poster

America to Me TV Series2018

The Interrupters Poster

The Interrupters Documentary2011

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Frontline Poster

Frontline TV Series1983

Writer

3

Type

Year

Prefontaine Poster

Prefontaine Feature Film1997

Hoop Dreams Poster

Hoop Dreams Documentary1994

Higher Goals Poster

Higher Goals Short Film1993

Camera and Electrical Department

2

Life Itself Poster

Life Itself Documentary2014

At the Death House Door Poster

At the Death House Door Documentary2008

Thanks

2

The Hunting Ground Poster

The Hunting Ground Documentary2015

The Invisible War Poster

The Invisible War Documentary2012

Editorial Department

1

A Lion in the House Poster

A Lion in the House Documentary2006

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