Nationality American | Years active 2005–present | |
Occupation Film director, producer and writer Movies Devil You Know, The Brits Are Coming Similar Molly Price, Bern Cohen, Stephen Gevedon, Dean Winters, Matthew Faber | ||
2013 pec board district 5 director candidate james oakley
James Oakley is an American film director, producer and writer. He made his feature film directing debut with The Devil You Know (2005). His second upcoming feature film The Brits Are Coming is currently in post-production.
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In 2005, Oakley directed his first feature film The Devil You Know starring Dean Winters, Rosamund Pike, Lena Olin and then aspiring actress Jennifer Lawrence. However, the film was never released until its video on demand release on July 9, 2013. On film concept and idea, Oakley said, "I went to American Film Institute to the directing program and found it very restrictive. Although in hindsight, I probably should not have found it that way. I met my whole team there—the director of photography, the writer, the producer, the set designers—and we wanted to make a feature quickly out of the program. The writer had an idea that seemed interesting. So, we started putting it together." Oakley describes Mildred Pierce as his inspiration behind the film.
In 2013, Oakley co-wrote the screenplay for The Brits Are Coming with Alex Michaelides. On May 14, 2015, it was announced that Uma Thurman would star in the film, with Oakley directing. Oakley described the film as a "heist comedy" and said it was like "The Palm Beach Story meets A Fish Called Wanda". It also features an ensemble cast of Kristin Chenoweth, Tim Roth, Alice Eve, Sofía Vergara, Maggie Q, Parker Posey and Stephen Fry.