James Burke -director, music composer, screenwriter

James' film career began in 1986 at Scottsdale Community College. While taking Music classes, he met filmmakers working on student films for the college film festival. ..And the scoring of short films started.

The exhileration of the film festival inspired the dream of making his own films. In 1993, James met Laurel Schulze, a free-lance writer. The two collaborated on several screenplays, including a spec script (Freeloader) for The X-Files. In 1997, James moved to Washington State. He and Laurel married. The script writing continued. In 1999, James began working behind the camera on two ambitious independent projects, Beat Angel and Counting Days.

In 2000, James started production on Crazy, a 23 minute short about the life of an asylum patient. This film was awarded Best Narrative Short at the Projections Film Festival, and Gold Special Jury, Best Short at the Worldfest-Houston International Festival.

In 2006, Cat's Play (a 20 minute "Twilight Zone" styled short) was completed. It premiered at the Queens International Film Festival in November.

Current Projects:
Sliver - Short Film
Eyes - Feature Length Film

2006	Cat's Play	Short/Digital Betacam	Writer/Director/Producer/Score
2004	In the Garden Growing	Short/16mm	Assistant Director
2003	Crazy	Short/MiniDV	Writer/Director/Producer/Camera/Score
2002	Daewoo	TV Commercial	Assistant Locations Manager
2001	Crystal Ridge	TV Commercial	Writer/Director/Producer/Score
2001	Halloween CD	TV Commercial	Writer/Director/Producer
1999	Counting Days	Feature/16mm	Assistant Director/Score
1999	Beat Angel	Feature/16mm	Production Manager/Assistant Editor

Eyes	Feature-Length Film
Sliver	Short Film
Cat's Play	Short Film
Crazy	Short Film
Extreme Halloween Collection CD	TV Commercial
Crystal Ridge	TV Commercial
Freeloader	Spec-Script X-Files
Jeepers	Spec-Script X-Files
Ross' Day	Spec-Script Friends

Reebok (TV commercial)
Checkered Flag (ABC TV pilot)
Stings of Conscious (short film)
The Common Date (short film)
Once a Beer Can, Always a Beer Can (short film)
The Date (short film)
Night for Nixie (miniDV / feature)

Props
Cast
Original Score
Original Score
Original Score
Secondary Score
Production Assistant

James has worked for the Arizona State Land Department and the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
His interest in societies and human interactions has inspired his film work, including "Crazy," "Cat's Play" and
ongoing interviews with WWII survivors. James holds a BS in Geography from Arizona State University.