About
I began writing film and book reviews for my local newspaper as a teenager and, by the age of 22, had directed and produced a series of documentaries about nightshift workers for Channel Four. I graduated from Bournemouth University and University College Dublin with degrees in film and television production, and I specialise in alternative models of film production.
I demonstrated my work by shooting, editing and then screening feature films in seventy-two hours as part of major film festivals; ‘Watching & Waiting’ was screened at Galway Film Fleadh (2008) and ‘The Ballad of Des & Mo’ was in the Audience Top Ten at the Melbourne International Film Festival (2010). In 2012, I completed ‘Saharan Diary‘, a feature documentary about the desert in Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Libya. I recently completed another feature project in 72 hours called 'The Confusion of Tongues' in Birmingham. I have been a guest contributor to Ted Hope’s blog ‘Hope For Film’ and have completed consultancy for international companies such as Fremantle Media and Panasonic.
ScreenSkills Training Passport
James Fair has completed the following modules within the ScreenSkills Training Passport.
Production safety passport
James Fair has completed the following production safety passport modules.
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Risk Management of Productions
Experience
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Director/ Producer
Founded a media publishing company
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Principal Academic
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Senior Lecturer
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Director/Producer
Responsible for the start-up and growth of an independent film production company. Produced ten feature films in eight years.
Education and training
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Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries
ScreenSkills Funded
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace
ScreenSkills Funded
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
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Introduction to mental health awareness at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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Mentoring get together: reflecting and networking
ScreenSkills Funded
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
Certificates
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Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
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Introduction to mental health awareness at work
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
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Risk Management of Productions
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James Fair
Principal Academic in FIlm and Television