Isaak James, an American

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, singer and musician, was born on

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. He is known as the founder of Last Ditch Pictures and is based in

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Education

James graduated from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ...

Film

In 2006, alongside his sister Eva James, James wrote, directed and starred in Special Needs a film which was acquired by

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in 2007. Since 2008 James has written and directed three other feature films; * Hungry Years (2008) * Turbine (2010) * By Way of Home (2011). "By Way of Home" was produced for $1000 and was referred to by Eugene Hernandez at Film Lincoln Center as part of the "Homegrown" film movement. James' most recent film "Awesome_FCK" (2015) screened as part of the

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's Short Cuts, Spring Awakening lineup and was awarded a jury prize at the

Provincetown International Film Festival The Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) is an annual film festival founded in 1999 and held on Cape Cod in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The festival presents American and international narrative features, documentaries and short film ...

. James' films are available on Netflix, Amazon & iTunes

Television

James has appeared in TV shows including '' I Wanna Be a Soap Star 2''.SOAPnet Star Chat Transcript
"Chat with Isaak James"
SOAP Transcripts, July 15, 2005

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:James, Isaak Living people Male actors from New York (state) Tisch School of the Arts alumni People from Barnstable County, Massachusetts Male actors from Massachusetts Singers from Massachusetts Film directors from Massachusetts Year of birth missing (living people)