James Brown
James Brown has worked in acquisitions at various independent UK, US, and Australia/NZ distribution companies. In 2011 he produced his first feature, Age of Heroes, starring Sean Bean. Still Alice, his second feature as a producer, was adapted from the bestselling novel by Lisa Genova and acquired by Sony Pictures Classics at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014. Still Alice won its star Julianne Moore the SAG Award, Indie Spirit, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Oscar in 2015. His latest feature as producer, Before You Know It, starring Judith Light, Mandy Patinkin, and Alec Baldwin, premiered in Competition at Sundance 2019 and was released in the US by 1091 (previously The Orchard). In 2017, Brown produced and directed family film You Can Tutu which was acquired by Netflix for all English-language territories. His short Failure to Thrive premiered at the Austin Film Festival in 2018, and he was selected for the TIFF Director’s Lab the same year. Author A is Brown’s debut feature as writer-director.