About Us
🇺🇸 James is a 2019 Emmy-nominated producer and winner of two 2020 Telly Awards for Love, Gilda, the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival opening-night documentary on the late Saturday Night Live star, Gilda Radner. The film features appearances by Chevy Chase, Bill Hader, Melissa McCarthy, Lorne Michaels, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph and Martin Short among others. As producer, he is currently in post-production and pre-production on two Italy-based films, respectively: PER CHI, directed by Alessandro Spallino, and BOCCE, written and directed by Jeffrey DeChausse. VIVA VERDI, the feature documentary he executive produced and directed by Yvonne Russo and filmed at Casa Verdi in Milan and a 2026 Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song. As an actor, James has recently appeared in projects filmed in Italy: Cattleya’s TWO SCOOPS OF ITALY (directed by Roger M. Bobb for Hallmark/Peacock); IL CANTO DELLA MOSCA (directed by Michele Pagano, streaming on Amazon); and THOSE ABOUT TO DIE (directed by Roland Emmerich for AGC/Centropolis/Peacock).
Additional producing credits, reflecting a myriad of voices, include: ALL SHE WROTE starring Gary Dourdan (CSI), by Bulgarian writer/director Niki Iliev; the award-winning VIOLET, by Spain’s writer/director Luiso Berdejo and starring Carlos Bardem and Ricardo Darín; SOMEBODY’S MOTHER, written and directed by South Africa’s Gabriela Tollman; 1st STRIKE, the festival award-winning Latino drama starring Danny Trejo directed by David Llauger Meiselman; and the family drama THREE DAYS IN AUGUST directed by Canada’s Johnathan Brownlee and starring Barry Bostwick. All released films are available on digital platforms. For TV, James has produced countless hours of programming for the major broadcast and cable networks, most notably the event specials Disney’s 100th Years of Magic and Gilda Radner’s Greatest Moments (Disney/ABC); One Night Only: A Tribute to Broadway, Abbott & Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld, and Bob Hope’s final special (NBC). He was head of production at GPA Entertainment and has consulted at ABC Studios, Disney Channel, Hodder TV and on Michael Moore’s Broadway debut. James produced the pilot and web series, Vendetta, many short films and made his directorial debut in the award-winning My Christmas Wish.
Born and raised in New York City and a graduate of Georgetown University, he’s a member of BAFTA, Producers Guild of America, Television Academy and SAG-AFTRA (select acting credits: Criminal Minds, Resident Evil, Angels & Demons, Melissa & Joey and The Shield) and currently appears as “Jack Cutler” in several DoorDash commercials featuring Los Angeles Football Club players. With dual citizenship in the US and Italy, Jamee divides his time between both countries.
🇮🇹 James è un produttore nominato agli Emmy nel 2019 e vincitore di due Telly Awards nel 2020 per Love, Gilda, il documentario di apertura del Tribeca Film Festival 2018 sulla star di Saturday Night Live, Gilda Radner. Il film include le apparizioni di Chevy Chase, Bill Hader, Melissa McCarthy, Lorne Michaels, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph e Martin Short, tra gli altri.
Attualmente, come produttore, è in fase di post-produzione e pre-produzione su due film girati in Italia: PER CHI, diretto da Alessandro Spallino, e BOCCE, scritto e diretto da Jeffrey DeChausse. Il documentario VIVA VERDI, di cui è produttore esecutivo e diretto da Yvonne Russo, girato presso Casa Verdi a Milano e candidato agli Oscar 2026 per la migliore canzone originale. Come attore, James è recentemente apparso in diversi progetti girati in Italia, tra cui Two Scoops of Italy di Cattleya (diretto da Roger M. Bobb per Hallmark/Peacock), Il canto della mosca (diretto da Michele Pagano, disponibile su Amazon) e Those About to Die (diretto da Roland Emmerich per AGC/Centropolis/Peacock).
Tra le sue altre produzioni figurano All She Wrote, con Gary Dourdan (CSI), diretto dal regista bulgaro Niki Iliev; Violet, pluripremiato film dello spagnolo Luiso Berdejo, con Carlos Bardem e Ricardo Darín; Somebody’s Mother, scritto e diretto dalla sudafricana Gabriela Tollman; 1st Strike, dramma latino vincitore di festival con Danny Trejo, diretto da David Llauger Meiselman; e Three Days in August, dramma familiare diretto dal canadese Johnathan Brownlee con Barry Bostwick. Tutti i film distribuiti sono disponibili sulle piattaforme digitali. Per la TV, James ha prodotto numerose ore di programmazione per le principali reti televisive, tra cui gli speciali Disney’s 100 Years of Magic e Gilda Radner’s Greatest Moments (Disney/ABC); One Night Only: A Tribute to Broadway, Abbott & Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld e l’ultimo speciale di Bob Hope (NBC). È stato responsabile della produzione presso GPA Entertainment e ha collaborato con ABC Studios, Disney Channel, Hodder TV e con Michael Moore per il suo debutto a Broadway. Ha inoltre prodotto il pilot e la web series Vendetta, numerosi cortometraggi e ha esordito alla regia con il pluripremiato My Christmas Wish.
Nato e cresciuto a New York e laureato alla Georgetown University, è membro di BAFTA, Producers Guild of America, Television Academy e SAG-AFTRA (con crediti in Criminal Minds, Resident Evil, Angels & Demons, Melissa & Joey e The Shield). Attualmente interpreta “Jack Cutler” in diversi spot pubblicitari di DoorDash con i giocatori del Los Angeles Football Club. Con doppia cittadinanza statunitense e italiana, James divide il suo tempo tra i due paesi.
🇺🇸 For the screen, Alessandro has directed and written the films Per Chi, Yellow Scarf, Rain, Odeon and Wiseman and The Big Scroll. These short films have received multiple awards and nominations at global film festivals, including the Sedicicorto International Film Festival, Los Angeles Italia International Film Festival, 75 Salerno International Film Festival, CortoDino International Film Festival, Montelupo Fiorentino International Film Festival, Figari Film Fest, 2018 Trieste Science+Fiction Film Festival, 2018 FI PI LI Horror Film Festival, 2018 Los Angeles Film Competition and the Hollywood Film Competition 2017.
Yellow Scarf is “in concorso” at the David Di Donatello. Rain is also listed at Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival Market and in the Premiere Film catalogue at the 71st Cannes International Film Festival. He works as a filmmaker in Tokyo and Milan, creating emotional videos, commercial and short films for Tokyo-based companies.
Alessandro is a creative director collaborating with leading Italian brands and esteemed creative agencies in Milan. He has served as a creative director and director for various renowned Italian and Japanese companies and artists.
Alessandro has a degree in Communications, Media and Advertising and studied cinema in Los Angeles at AMDA, a performing arts college, and Kings School.
🇮🇹 For the screen, Alessandro has directed and written the films Per Chi, Yellow Scarf, Rain, Odeon and Wiseman and The Big Scroll. These short films have received multiple awards and nominations at global film festivals, including the Sedicicorto International Film Festival, Los Angeles Italia International Film Festival, 75 Salerno International Film Festival, CortoDino International Film Festival, Montelupo Fiorentino International Film Festival, Figari Film Fest, 2018 Trieste Science+Fiction Film Festival, 2018 FI PI LI Horror Film Festival, 2018 Los Angeles Film Competition and the Hollywood Film Competition 2017.
Yellow Scarf is “in competition” at the David Di Donatello. Rain is also listed at Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival Market and in the Premiere Film catalog at the 71st Cannes International Film Festival. He works as a filmmaker in Tokyo and Milan, creating emotional videos, commercial and short films for Tokyo-based companies.
Alessandro is a creative director collaborating with leading Italian brands and esteemed creative agencies in Milan. He has served as a creative director and director for various renowned Italian and Japanese companies and artists.
Alessandro has a degree in Communications, Media and Advertising and studied cinema in Los Angeles at AMDA, a performing arts college, and Kings School.