About
James wrote the movies Severance, Cockneys Vs Zombies, Tower Block, and episodes of internationally acclaimed TV shows such as Doctor Who, Torchwood, Spooks, Primeval, Spooks: Code 9, Crusoe, The Sparticle Mystery, Crossing Lines, and Eve. He has several more upcoming film and TV projects in development, including The Haunting of Stonegate.
His other work includes 5-time Streamy Award nominated web series Girl Number 9, and several short films which he wrote and directed. His first short, the award-winning hit Crazy for You (Best Horror/Sci-Fi, Crystal Palace International Film Festival), starred Arthur Darvill and Hannah Tointon, screened at huge festivals across the globe, and is now part of anthology feature film Minutes Past Midnight, and has been licensed by Shorts International for television and online use in various territories.
His latest short, the multi-award-winning Blood Shed, stars Shaun Dooley (The Woman in Black, Gunpowder, Doctor Who, Misfits) and Sally Phillips (Veep, I'm Alan Partridge, Smack the Pony, the Bridget Jones movies), has played over 50 festivals around the world, including BAFTA and Oscar qualifiers such as Encounters, Seattle International Film Festival, Nashville, Underwire, Dublin International Film Festival, and many more.
His hit web series, Mina Murray’s Journal won the Best Screenplay award at Dublin Web Fest 2016, and screened at HollyWeb in Los Angeles, and Vancouver Web Fest. James also directed several popular Turn Off Your Bloody Phone idents for FrightFest, and contributed script work to cult hit feature film The Borderlands, released in the US as Final Prayer.
He is co-director of production company Moranic Productions, with his wife, fellow filmmaker and screenwriter Cat Davies. He has written several articles for film & TV websites, and is a regular guest speaker at film schools, conventions, seminars and conferences around the world, doing panels, Q&As, interviews, and writing workshops.
Awards:
Blood Shed:
“…indebted to the CGI-free horror of the Eighties, and in particular to George A. Romero’s Creepshow (1982)… as though this were a lost British segment of Romero’s anthology film.” SciFiNow
“A thirteen-minute slice of genius… enough gags and gore to put a smile on anyone’s face… Davies and her partner-in-cinematic-crime James Moran have a perfect handle on what makes an entertaining and memorable short.” Starburst
“Loaded with laughs and gore to satisfy in this very niche sub-genre you never knew you needed.” HorrorTalk
Audience Award - Wimbledon International Short Film Festival 2017
Best Director, Best Script & Funniest Film - Knoxville Horror Film Fest 2017
Best Male Lead, Shaun Dooley - Sick Chick Flicks Film Festival 2017
Best International Short Award - Nevermore Film Festival 2018
Best Comedy – Hollywood Horrorfest 2018
Best International Short Film – The Golden Skull Film Festival 2018
Audience Choice Award - Terror in the Bay Film Festival
Crazy For You:
Best Horror/Sci-Fi Film - Crystal Palace International Film Festival
Severance:
Best Screenplay - Fantasporto
Audience Award - Philadelphia Film Festival
Jury's Choice Award - Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
Cockneys Vs Zombies:
Audience Award - San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Festival 2012
Audience Award - Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2012
Tower Block:
Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver - Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival 2012
Mina Murray's Journal:
Best Screenplay - Dublin Web Fest
Cheap Rate Gravity:
Winner - Sci Fi Shorts 2002
Buy James' work online:
James has an Amazon webstore containing all the projects he has worked on, filmmaking equipment he uses, and writing books he has found useful: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/jamesmoran