James Cotten

James Cotten

DirectorProducerVisual Effects
Born
February 12, 1974

James Cotten is a filmmaker whose work occupies the borderlands between genre and literary cinema. Trained in London and Los Angeles, Cotten’s films reflect a fascination with outsiders, survival, and the unspoken emotional architecture of violence. His projects range from crime thrillers to…

Director

Painted Woman(2017)
The Line(2009)
Sugar Creek(2007)
Demon Slayer(2004)

Actor

I Remember You(2015)as The Director
Madison County(2011)as Drifter
Sugar Creek(2007)as Jimmy
Come Early Morning(2006)as Steve
Demon Slayer(2004)as Angry Priest

Editor

Painted Woman(2017)
Sugar Creek(2007)

Casting Director

Demon Slayer(2004)

Production Manager

Four Good Days(2020)
Lear Rex

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Hansel & Gretel Get Baked(2013)
Ga-Ga(2003)
Brown Eyed Girl(2001)

Casting Department

Come Early Morning(2006)

Editorial Department

Royalties(2020)
Five Points(2018)
Sprinter(2018)
Diminuendo(2018)
Haunt(2013)

Additional Crew

All Fun and Games(2023)
Extraction II(2023)
Organ Trail(2023)
Summer of 8(2016)
Submerged(2016)

Self

Gruesome Hertzogg(2010)as Self - Guest