James is an RTS, Grierson, Broadcast and IFTA award-winning writer/director and executive producer of comedy in Ireland and the UK.

He directed and co-wrote the drama Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty?, a critically acclaimed adaptation of a Blindboy story starring Robert Sheehan. It won the 2025 RTS Ireland Audience Choice Award, one o... Read More

James is an RTS, Grierson, Broadcast and IFTA award-winning writer/director and executive producer of comedy in Ireland and the UK.

He directed and co-wrote the drama Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty?, a critically acclaimed adaptation of a Blindboy story starring Robert Sheehan. It won the 2025 RTS Ireland Audience Choice Award, one of three programmes he directed that were nominated this year.


He directed and co-wrote the critically adored Zen Motoring for BBC Comedy. It won the Broadcast Award for Best Short-Form Scripted Series, and was described by The Guardian as “ transcendentally good” and “a gift from heaven,” which was nice, if a bit much.

His genre-bending collaborations with Blindboy have continued for more than a decade across the BBC and RTE, including the Broadcast nominated Blindboy Undestroys, Grierson winning, RTS and Sanford nominated Blindboy: The Land of Slaves and Scholars, and the aforementioned Did You Hear About Erskine Fogarty?  They are currently adapting an anthology of Blindboy stories for the screen.

He is also responsible for the two biggest sketch shows of the decade in Ireland. Republic of Telly & Callan's Kicks. 

He is deeply unfunny in real life.  Read Less