Steve James

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-03-08 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Hampton, Virginia, USA

Steve James

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Steve James is an American film producer and director of several documentaries, including the award-winning Hoop Dreams and Stevie. He is also the director of the 1997 feature film Prefontaine. His newest film, The Interrupters, a portrayal of a year inside the lives of former gang members in Chicago who now intervene in violent conflicts, will be released in 2011 after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. The film is his sixth feature length collaboration with his long-time filmmaking home, the non-profit Chicago production studio Kartemquin Films, and is also his fifth feature to be accepted into...

Acting

1994

Hoop Dreams

as Narrator (voice)

2010

2002

Stevie

as Himself

2010

Heartbeats

as Party Lover (uncredited)

2014

Life Itself

as Self - Filmmaker / Narrator (voice)

Production

2022

Let the Little Light Shine

as Executive Producer

1994

Hoop Dreams

as Director

1994

Hoop Dreams

as Writer

2011

The Interrupters

as Director

2011

The Interrupters

as Producer

2011

2011

The Interrupters

as Cinematography

2002

Stevie

as Director

2005

Reel Paradise

as Director

2014

Life Itself

as Director

1997

Prefontaine

as Director

1992

Higher Goals

as Producer

1992

Higher Goals

as Editor

2022

2014

Life Itself

as Editor

2014

Life Itself

as Producer

1992

Higher Goals

as Writer

1992

Higher Goals

as Director

1999

Passing Glory

as Director

2022

2022

2023

The Featherweight

as Executive Producer

2012

Head Games

as Director

2012

Head Games

as Producer

1991

2015

2021

Messwood

as Executive Producer

2002

Joe and Max

as Director

2017

Edith+Eddie

as Executive Producer

2018

Minding the Gap

as Executive Producer

1994

Hoop Dreams

as Producer

1994

Hoop Dreams

as Editor

2005

Reel Paradise

as Editor

2005

Reel Paradise

as Producer

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1997

Prefontaine

as Screenplay

2008

In the Family

as Editorial Consultant

2003

2018

The Rescue List

as Executive Producer

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