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Steve James

Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter | * 02/19/1952 († 41, 12/18/1993) | Hampton, Virginia (United States of America (USA))
Steve James (born March 8, 1955) is an American film producer and director of several documentaries, including Hoop Dreams (1994), Stevie (2002), The Interrupters (2011), Life Itself (2014), and Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2016). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

In 1995 Director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) returned to rural Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy he had been an 'Advocate Big Brother' to ten years earlier. ...

Stevie

R

2002 | 3.4/5 | 2h 20min
Documentary, Drama
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Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white ...

Hoop Dreams

PG-13

1994 | 3.8/5 | 2h 54min
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The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters — former gang members who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once caused. ...

The Interrupters

NR

2011 | 3.4/5 | 2h 5min
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The incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Abacus ...

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

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2017 | 3.5/5 | 1h 28min
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Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary be ...

Frontline

TV-MA

1983- | 3.8/5 | 55min per episode
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
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Awards & Nominations for Steve James

Directors Guild of America Awards Academy Award for Best Film Editing
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Movies with Steve James as Actor(5)

as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)2014 Life Itself
as himself2011 These Amazing Shadows
as Party Lover (uncredited)2010 Heartbeats
as himself2002 Stevie
as Narrator (voice)1994 Hoop Dreams

TV Shows/Series with Steve James as Actor(1)

as himself2005 Supernatural

Movies with Steve James as Crew(36)

Production/Executive Producer2023 The Featherweight
Production/Executive Producer2022 Let the Little Light Shine
Directing/Director2022 A Compassionate Spy
Editing/Editor2022 A Compassionate Spy
Writing/Writer2022 A Compassionate Spy
Production/Executive Producer2018 Minding the Gap
Production/Executive Producer2018 The Rescue List
Directing/Director2017 Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Production/Executive Producer2017 Edith+Eddie
Directing/Director2015 Life After Hoop Dreams
Directing/Director2014 Life Itself
Editing/Editor2014 Life Itself
Production/Producer2014 Life Itself
Directing/Director2014 We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
Directing/Director2012 Head Games
Production/Producer2012 Head Games
Crew/Cinematography2011 The Interrupters
Directing/Director2011 The Interrupters
Editing/Editor2011 The Interrupters
Production/Producer2011 The Interrupters
Directing/Director2010 No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
Editing/Editor2010 No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
Editing/Editorial Consultant2008 In the Family
Directing/Director2008 At the Death House Door
Directing/Director2005 Reel Paradise
Directing/Director2003 The New Americans
Directing/Director2002 Joe and Max
Directing/Director2002 Stevie
Directing/Director1999 Passing Glory
Directing/Director1997 Prefontaine
Writing/Screenplay1997 Prefontaine
Directing/Director1994 Hoop Dreams
Editing/Editor1994 Hoop Dreams
Production/Producer1994 Hoop Dreams
Writing/Writer1994 Hoop Dreams
Directing/Director1991 Grassroots Chicago

TV Shows/Series with Steve James as Crew(5)

Directing/Director2023 The Luckiest Guy in the World
Production/Producer2023 The Luckiest Guy in the World
Editing/Editor2023 The Luckiest Guy in the World
Directing/Director2009 30 for 30
Directing/Director1997 Storyville

Full Name: Steve James
Born: Tuesday, 02/19 1952 (February) in Hampton, Virginia (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 12/18 1993 (December) (aged: 41)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Educated at: Southern Illinois University, James Madison University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Other names for Steve James (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Steve James (film producer)"
"Steve James (Regisseur)"
Steve James frequently works together with these people:
Xavier Dolan (7x, Crew)
Eric Kripke (7x, Crew)
Peter Gilbert (7x, Crew)
Gordon Quinn (7x, Crew)
Sera Gamble (6x, Crew)
John Shiban (5x, Crew)
Jeremy Carver (5x, Crew)
Joanna Rudnick (5x, Crew)
Philip Sgriccia (5x, Crew)
Ben Edlund (5x, Crew)
Andrew Dabb (5x, Crew)
Bing Liu (5x, Crew)

Other people with this name: Steve James (US)

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1357664, Added: 09/03/2019, Last updated: 03/23/2024