James McTeigue

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1967-12-29 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Sydney, Australia

James McTeigue

Biography

James McTeigue is an Australian film director. He has been an assistant director on many films, including No Escape (1994), the Matrix trilogy (1999–2003) and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), and made his directorial debut in the 2006 film V for Vendetta. Born on Sydney's North Shore, he grew up in Collaroy Plateau, a suburb on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. McTeigue attended Marist Brothers North Sydney then Cromer High School, in Cromer, a northern beach suburb of Sydney. He completed tertiary study in film at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga Campus.

Acting

Production

2006

V for Vendetta

as Director

2009

Ninja Assassin

as Director

2012

The Raven

as Director

2000

Looking for Alibrandi

as First Assistant Director

1999

The Sugar Factory

as Second Assistant Director

1997

The Well

as Second Assistant Director

1997

Paradise Road

as Second Assistant Director

2003

The Matrix Reloaded

as First Assistant Director

2003

The Matrix Revolutions

as First Assistant Director

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Blood Music

as Director

1996

To Have and to Hold

as Second Assistant Director

1994

No Escape

as Second Second Assistant Director

2015

Survivor

as Director

2014

2003

The Matrix Reloaded

as Assistant Director

2003

The Matrix Revolutions

as Assistant Director

2001

The Monkey's Mask

as Assistant Director

1988

Midnight Dancer

as Production Office Assistant

1998

Dark City

as Assistant Director

2018

Breaking In

as Director

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1996

The Island of Dr. Moreau

as Production Assistant

1999

The Matrix

as First Assistant Director

2002

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