James Griffiths (director)

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James Griffiths
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Occupation(s) Television director, film director
Years active2004–present
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James Griffiths is a British television and film director and producer. Griffiths is currently[ when? ] a producer on A Million Little Things , Black-ish , and its Freeform spinoff, Grown-ish . Griffiths also directed and executive produced the ABC series, Stumptown. [1] [ full citation needed ]

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Career

Griffiths began his career directing music videos, and later began directing television in the United Kingdom. Griffiths directed every episode of Free Agents and the first season of Episodes.

Griffiths executive produced The Mayor and directed the pilot episode of Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life and Up All Night. All this came after Griffiths directed his first feature film Cuban Fury in 2014. Previously, his 2006 short film The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island premiered at the Toronto Shorts Festival, earning the Best Short Film award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and a BAFTA nomination.

In 2019, Griffiths renewed his contract with ABC Studios for another two years, which includes a development contract with his own production company, Fee Fi Fo Films. [2]

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References

  1. "ABC Studios". abcstudios.go.com. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  2. Andreeva, Nellie (21 June 2019). "James Griffiths Re-Ups Overall Deal With ABC Studios". Deadline. Retrieved 28 December 2019.