Biography

James Cox grew up in Menlo Park, CA, and attended school at UC Berkeley then New York University (NYU). He is an award-winning filmmaker who has written and directed several motion pictures which have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, including Wonderland starring Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Kudrow, Dylan McDermott, and Josh Lucas, and the acclaimed short Atomic Tabasco.

Through his career, James has worked with multiple Academy Award and Golden Globe winners or nominees - among them, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anna Paquin, Taron Egerton, Selma Blair, and Jared Leto. He has worked with some of the best filmmakers in the business including Ridley Scott, Jerry Bruckheimer, Mike DeLuca, Donna Langley, and Michael Mann, with projects at legendary Hollywood studios including New Line, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, and Disney.

Originally a cinematographer in New York and a lyricist on Atlantic Records, James is a multi-media visual artist with over half a billion views on YouTube, directing music videos for Rise Against's "Give it All" and t.AT.u.'s "All About Us" which earned a platinum record and MTV Russia's Music Video of the Year.

James' debut novel, Grand Theft AI, released by Blackstone Publishing in July, is the first in a series, a book described by New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith as "a cyberpunk masterpiece where The Matrix collides with Blade Runner."