James Westby is a filmmaker who lives and works in Portland, OR. He has written, directed, and edited five feature films and several shorts. His 2006 movie Film Geek won the Independent Visions Award at the Sarasota Film Festival and was picked up for theatrical and DVD distribution by First Run Features. Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave Film Geek a B+, calling it “perceptively hilarious.” A long time ago, legendary Producers Rep John Pierson quoted James in the book Spike, Mike, Slackers, and Dykes, as the voice of new generation of filmmakers. And before that, Roger Ebert wrote of Bloody Mary (1996), which premiered at the Chicago Underground Film Festival, “it is an audacious thriller in the vein of Blood Simple.” Upcoming projects include an adaptation of the cult novel The Burnt Orange Heresy by Charles Willeford, the domestic drama Rid Of Me, and the surreal comedy Videorama: The Complete Second Season.

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