james harris
shameless dots
shameless films home | email James
james harris

Hi, I'm James. I'm a comedy writer, performer, animator and film maker. In 2004 my DIY comedy short The Curse of Jeff was short listed for the BBC Talent new filmmakers award. This led to a commission to write and direct a further short film, The Space Time Envelope, starring Colin and Fergus, for BBC3.

In 2006 I won BBC3 and Comedy Soup's "Funny Hunt" with the animation The Prophecies of Nostradamus, subsequently broadcast on Comedy Shuffle in January 2007.

In the last year I've written for Spacehopper (winner "Best Comedy" at the RTS awards), FAO3, Parsons and Naylor's Pull Out Sections and Mustard magazine.

Last year I also wrote and performed in a sketch show, Why I Hate Mechanics, at the Edinburgh Fringe. ("This random sketch show is performed by two very funny and quite charming men. Their sketches are quite unique; the pair perform well together, and they work hard to push the boundaries just beyond good taste. - Three Weeks Daily, Edinburgh.)

Myself and Mr Lee Henman have a sketch show "in development" with BBC Scotland, which means... actually, don't really know what that means but boy it sure sounds like it should mean something doesn't it?

Below are some of the films I've made.


film player
click to play MOON SHOT UK

The first English moon mission goes a bit skew whiff. Short listed for DepicT! 2007.
1 mins 5 secs
click to play My Brother and I

A tale of yin, yang and making poverty history.
2 mins
click to play The Curse of Jeff

A New Age witch reveals the secret art of 'cursing' and the ways in which he has personally updated it for the 21st century. Short listed for the BBC Talent New Filmmaker's Award 2004.
3 mins 48 secs
click to play FAMILY XMAS

Harry invites his twin over for Christmas. (Animation sequence by Chris Corner.)
1 mins 5 secs
click to play The Space Time Envelope

A comedy about everything, with TV's Colin and Fergus and a one eyed alien called Winky.
3 mins 15 secs
click to play What On Earth!?

Terry Naylor gets an unexpected promotion. His wife is thrilled. His neighbour may destroy the world. Made for the Meniscus Film Festival 2004.
2 mins 23 secs


[If the film jumps or stutters, try pressing pause for a few seconds.]


SCRIPTS FILMED, UNFILMED, UNFILMABLE...

Just click on a title to download a script in .pdf format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to display them.

SICK NOTE
An ex-pupil enacts a grisly revenge on his old PE teacher in this darkly comic fantasy. 12 pages

LICK ME DEADLY
Thriller about death and ice cream. Giant ice cream. 13 pages

AVRIL TUNGSTEN
Meet Avril Tungsten, conceptual lookalike. 5 pages

TROLL
Who's that trip-trapping across the bridge? A meditation on the monster within all of us. 4 pages

BLOODY SUNDAY
In a house at the end of the world, two men contend with the awful reality of a Sunday afternoon with no tea and no telly. 5 pages

INTERROGATION
What sort of sick woman would eat her own husband, and why? 8 pages

LUCKY PENNY
Is luck all in the mind? Graeme is about to find out that it may well be. 4 pages