“I want to make the type of films I would want to rent out multiple times as a kid growing up.” - James Campbell

About

James Campbell is a writer/director based in the North East of England. He graduated from the Northern School of Art in June 2015. His previous work includes Ripper (2016), Please Don't Die (2018), Tiger Man (2020), 1986 (2021), Bushwhacker Blues (2022), Seeing (2023), and the upcoming western-horror feature The Moonshine Gang of Cheyenne (2025) starring Steven Ogg, Pollyanna McIntosh, and Richard Brake.

Feature film projects in development:

The Moonshine Gang of Cheyenne (western horror)

Cast attached: Steven Ogg (The Walking Dead), Pollyanna McIntosh (The Walking Dead), Abigail Hardingham (The Missing), and Richard Brake (Barbarian).

Music by The Coral

Bounty Hunter Jack McGovern and his nephew, Seth are transporting a member of ‘The Moonshine Gang’ through the Black Hills of South Dakota when they are suddenly greeted by a father hell-bent on revenge, who pleads with them to kill the gang member before the next full moon.

JUMPER (FESTIVE HORROR COMEDY)

“The Evil Dead meets Disney on acid.”

Cast attached: Pollyanna McIntosh (The Walking Dead)

Dir: James Campbell

Written by James Campbell & Pollyanna McIntosh

Written by James Campbell & James Gosling

Set during the neon haze of 80’s pro wrestling, a group of disgruntled wrestlers plan a heist during an upcoming show, unaware that a ruthless biker gang has the same idea.

SCREWJOB (ACTION CRIME)

killingworth (crime thriller)

written by James Campbell & James Gosling

Hard-nosed Newcastle-based Private Investigator Jack Laws reluctantly takes a case from a client to locate her missing daughter. The investigation leads him and the distraught mother across the Atlantic Ocean to Dallas, Texas, where the daughter has supposedly been kidnapped by her father and his mistress. (based on a true story)