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- Harrison James studied acting and directing at Boston University where she received the Dean’s Grant for Filmmaking. She then attended the American Film Institute as both a Screenwriting and Directing Fellow. Her screenplay Still Life was a finalist for the Sundance Lab. She is currently writing and directing Venice Beach CC, a television series, and Shooting Star, a feature film about a Marine who comes home from Afghanistan and re-enters his life, changed. Harrison is a working screenwriter for producers such as Heather Graham and directors such as Julian Goldberger, Autumn DeWilde and Melodie McDaniel. Her spots for Spies Travel were directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, and won the bronze lion at Cannes. Harrison co-founded Girl Trip, a panel series and festival to advance young women in the arts. She teaches the rehearsal process in the directing program at AFI, is devoted to being an actor’s director, and currently studies with Nancy Banks. Harrison lives and works in Los Angeles, and is represented by Anonymous Content.