Directors Guild of America

Steve James

Director

Credits

Director/Producer/Editor: The Interrupters (festival awards, many “Best Films of 2011” listings, Indie Spirit nominee), Hoop Dreams (DGA Award, Peabody & Robert F. Kennedy Awards,); Stevie (TIFF premiere, Sundance award winner, Indie Spirit nominee); No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson (Peabody Award, IDA Award); At the Death House Door (DGA Award nominee, festival awards); Reel Paradise (Sundance premiere); Director/Writer: Feature: Prefontaine (Sundance premiere). Director/Executive Producer/Editor: Miniseries: The New Americans (IDA Award) (PBS). Director: Cable Movies: Joe & Max (Starz; Espy Award nominee); Passing Glory (TNT).

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Visual History

Steve James

Visual History Interview

Director Steve James recounts career highlights including the groundbreaking documentary Hoop Dreams and the six-year-long process to make the film, which led to directing narrative films like Prefontaine and critically-acclaimed documentaries like The Interrupters and Life Itself.

DGA Quarterly

A Matter of Trust

It takes preparation, perseverance, patience and empathy for documentarians to gain their subjects’ confidence. Documentary directors Liz Garbus, Alex Gibney, Steve James, Matt Tyrnauer and Marina Zenovich share their modus operandi in getting people to open up.

Emotion Pictures

Steve James

Steve James has captured revealing personal moments in documentaries like Hoop Dreams and The Interrupters. With a new film about Roger Ebert’s last days, he continues his exploration of lives in transition.

Directing Documentaries

No subject is too big, small or taboo for a documentary film. All types have made their way into movie theaters and audiences' hearts and minds--being distributed and seen, and they're building an audience.