James Button

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

-

Place of Birth

Swansea, Wales, UK

James Button

Biography

James Button is a BAFTA Cymru Nominated Writer and BBC Comedy Collective director who’s had a LOT of fun making fun films for fun. An excitable indie filmmaker always seeking to spread silliness (as we’ll all be dead soon anyway). The latest 3 (of his 20+) short films “The Foul“(dog poo), “RoButler” (naughty AI) and “Road Rage” (inconvenient time-travel) have amassed awards and 70+ official selections, including at BAFTA/BIFA- recognised festivals. In 2024 he wrote/directed 3 new comedy shorts: “The Quackening” (about a duck-themed curse), “1 In 5 Sheep” (an arty exploration of why do sheep baa?) and “Time’s Up, I’m Afraid” (about a multiv...

Acting

2016

2020

Road Rage!

as Derw Derw

2025

1 In 5 Sheep

as Sheep

2025

The Quackening

as Derw Derw / Mamgu / Pot Head / Duck (Voice) / Demon

2022

RoButler

as Cwnt Jones / RoButler

2021

The Foul

as The Foul

Production

2016

2016

2021

The Foul

as Writer

2021

The Foul

as Director

2016

The Corpse Series

as Co-Producer

2016

2020

Road Rage!

as Director

2020

Road Rage!

as Writer

2020

Road Rage!

as Producer

2020

Road Rage!

as Editor

2022

RoButler

as Director

2025

1 In 5 Sheep

as Writer

2025

1 In 5 Sheep

as Director

2025

1 In 5 Sheep

as Producer

2025

2025

The Quackening

as Director

2025

2025

The Quackening

as Producer

2022

RoButler

as Writer

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