James Graham grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and attended the High School of the Performing Arts. Working in and around the theater community, he originally made a living doing actors' headshots and promotional photos for punk rock bands and performance artists. After taking a job with the Brooklyn Papers, covering the crime and campaign beats, he began shooting freelance for news agencies both in the US and in Europe.

His portraiture work gained him acceptance to the University of Arizona, where he studied at the Center for Creative Photography and earned him the prestigious Kodak Scholarship.

While doing stills and portraits for film productions visiting Tucson, he began to be recruited by Los Angeles based producers and publicists, finally opening a studio just off of Colorado Blvd and being accepted as a member of the international cinematographers guild local 600. Because of his unique style and expert technique with new and emerging imaging technologies, he is in constant high demand as a unit photographer on films and television.

RECENT PROJECTS:
Time Riders, starring John Cleese. Poster, stills. Billboard campaign.
The Big Top, Independent feature.
Air Angell, Upcoming hour long episodic.
Conversations With Other Women, starring Aaron Eckhart, Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Wilde.
24, third and forth seasons. FOX Broadcasting.
Hello Kitty, Independent feature, Sundance awardee.
Smartest Man in the World, short film in competition at Telluride, Toronto.

Additionally, James has worked on videos, industrials, pilots and reality ; too many in fact, to list here.