James Cullen Bressack

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James Cullen Bressack
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Bornc. 1992 (age 3132)
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James Cullen Bressack (born c. 1992 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film producer, screenwriter and film director. [1] He is the son of Emmy Award-winning writer Gordon Bressack and voice actress Ellen Gerstell. [2] [3]

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Career

Bressack's first feature film, My Pure Joy, was released in 2011. His 2012 film Hate Crime , the story of a Jewish family being terrorized in their home by neo-Nazis, was banned in the UK in 2015 by the BBFC due to the "unremitting manner in which [it] focuses on physical and sexual abuse, aggravated by racist invective." [4]

His 2013 film To Jennifer was filmed entirely using an iPhone. [5] His 2014 horror film Pernicious was described as "The Ring meets Hostel". [6]

In 2015, he started the Grit Film Works production company with Zack Ward, the two co-writing the films Bethany (directed by Bressack and starring Ward, Shannen Doherty and Tom Green) and Restoration (directed by Ward). [3] [7]

He directed the 2017 thriller Limelight. [8] In late 2017, he was reported to be directing supernatural revenge thriller Together, and in 2018 the psychological thriller Alone. [9] [10]

Bressack directed the found footage film "To Jennifer" in 2013. [11]

He is Jewish. [12] His film Murder, Anyone? was adapted from his late dad's play. [13]

Filmography

Films
YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerCinematographerEditorNotes
2011My Pure JoyYesYesYesNoYes
Theatre of the DerangedCo-directorCo-writerYesCo-cinematographerCo-editorsegments "Andy's Theatre of Derange", "Speak Easy"
2013 13/13/13 YesYesNoNoNo [14]
Hate Crime YesCo-writerYesYesYes [15] [16] [17] banned in the United Kingdom in 2015 [18]
To Jennifer YesYesExecutiveCo-cinematographerYes
2014White Crack BastardYesNoNoNoNo
Theatre of the Deranged IICo-directorCo-writerYesNoCo-editorsegment "Unmimely Demise"
2015 Pernicious YesCo-writerNoNoNo [19]
The CondoYesNoCo-executiveNoNo
2016 2 Jennifer NoCharactersExecutiveNoNo
2017LimelightYesNoExecutiveNoNofeaturing Paul Vandervort, Sean Kanan, Jonathan Lipnicki, Jenna Jameson, Keith Coogan [20]
CarGo YesCo-writerNoNoNo
Bethany YesCo-writerYesNoNo
2019 Beyond the Law YesNoYesNoNo
2020 The Call NoNoCo-producerNoNo
2021 Survive the Game YesNoNoNoNo
The Fortress YesNoNoNoNo
2022Sally Floss: Digital DetectiveYesNoExecutiveNoNofeaturing Vernon Wells, Tara Reid, Eric Roberts [21]
Hot Seat YesNoNoNoNo
Mike & Fred vs. The DeadNoNoExecutiveNoNofeaturing Felissa Rose, George Jac, Brian Patrick Butler, Michael C. Burgess, Sadie Katz, Jayce Venditti, Nick Young [22]
2024 Darkness of Man YesYesYesNoNo [23]
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