James Vaughan
Known for
Directing
Born
October 1, 1989 (age 36)
Birthplace
Sydney, Australia
Biography
James Vaughan (born 1989, Sydney) is an Australian independent screenwriter, director, editor and artist. His short film You Like It, I Love It (2013) screened in competition at Berlinale, Clermont-Ferrand, and Melbourne International Film Festival, where he received the Swinburne Award for Emerging Australian Filmmaker. Vaughan's feature debut Friends and Strangers (2021) was the first Australian film to feature in Rotterdam International Film Festival's Tiger Competition. The film went on to screen at New Directors / New Films, Viennale and Jeonju International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Special Jury Prize.
Best known work
Friends and Strangers
2022
You Like It, I Love It
2013
A Grand Mockery
2024
Under the Cover of Cloud
2018
Heading North
2014
A Delicate Fire
2020
There Is No Such Thing as a Jellyfish
2014Plain Pleasures
Filmography
TBA
Plain PleasuresEditor
2024
A Grand MockeryEditor
2022
Friends and StrangersScreenplay, Editor, Director
2020
A Delicate FireEditor
2018
Under the Cover of CloudThanks, Editor
2014
Heading NorthDirector, Editor, Screenplay
2014
2013
You Like It, I Love ItDirector, Writer, Editor