James is a radio show host turned movie producer. Known for The Other Side of the Wind (2018), Jasmine (2015), and She's Lost Control (2014). James came to the U.S. in the early 1980s from Taiwan and studied accounting at the University of Southern California (USC) and has been a film enthusiast for more than two decades.
While studying at USC, took Cinema 190, a popular course at the time for undergraduates, in the School of Cinema-Television in the Fall semester of 1991. This class inspired James to be a filmmaker.