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Benjamin James

Affiliated Faculty, Film & Television Program

Office

Brink 124

Mailing Address

English Department
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 1102
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1102

Ben teaches a variety of courses across the Film and TV Studies program.

  • M.A., Film and TV Production, University of Bristol
  • B.A., Theatre and Performance, University of Warwick

Ben James joined the University of Idaho in 2012.

He studied theatre and performance at the University of Warwick, regularly participating in productions at the Edinburgh Fringe and The Warwick Arts Centre as an actor, writer and director. After graduating, he ran a theatre company and a regular performance event for performers to receive feedback from their audiences.

In 2004, James studied film and TV production at the University of Bristol, his graduation movie earned him an award for best post-graduate short film from The Royal Television Society. Since then he has worked for the BBC, former chairman of BAFTA Simon Relph, Warp Films and as an independent producer and director of music videos, short and feature-length films including a production of Shakespeare's “Hamlet” in original pronunciation.

Ben presented a TEDx talk in 2017 called “What Use is Horror?” He writes original screenplays and produces films.

  • Screenwriting
  • Film and TV production
  • Cinema
  • Popular culture

English Department

Physical Address:
200 Brink Hall

Mailing Address:
English Department
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 1102
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1102

Phone: 208-885-6156

Email: englishdept@uidaho.edu

Web: English

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