James Griffith is a BAFTA-nominated British television and film director and producer. James has quickly established himself as one of the most prolific & successful pilot directors in television today, having in just a few years put 9 of 11 pilots that he's directed and executive produced on the air in the United States, spanning comedy & drama for both broadcast & cable, A Million Little Things, Black-ish and its FreeForm-based spinoff Grown-ish, Disney+’s The Mighty Ducks, (a series based on the beloved hit film franchise) and ABC’s Stumptown starring Cobie Smulders.
Griffiths also executive produced ABC's The Mayor and directed the pilots for Fox's Justin Bartha-starring Cooper-Barret's Guide to Surviving Life & NBC's Up All Night for Lorne Michaels, starring Will Arnett, Christina Applegate, and Maya Rudolph. All this came after James, who got his start in music videos, made a name for himself in the UK by directing every episode of the Big Talk cult series Free Agents starring Sharon Horgan as well as the entire first season of Episodes for Showtime/BBC starring Matt LeBlanc, for which Matt won a Golden Globe.
On the heels of those successes, James directed his first feature film Cuban Fury, produced by Big Talk and stars Nick Frost, Rashida Jones and Chris O'Dowd, debuting to rave reviews internationally. Recently, he directed The Ballad of Wallace Island (Focus Features, Bankside, Baby Cow), a feature based on his Bafta-winning short, to premiere in 2025 and stars Tim Key, Tom Basden, and Carey Mulligan. He also directed the final episodes for season 2 of Bad Sisters (Apple, Merman) and continues to develop projects through his company Fee Fi Fo Films.
