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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Steve James is an American film producer and director of several documentaries, including the award-winning Hoop Dreams and Stevie. He is also the director of the 1997 feature film Prefontaine. His newest film, The Interrupters, a portrayal of a year inside the lives of former gang members in Chicago who now intervene in violent conflicts, will be released in 2011 after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. The film is his sixth feature length collaboration with his long-time filmmaking home, the non-profit Chicago production studio Kartemquin Films, and is also his fifth feature to be accepted into the Sundance Film Festival. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, studying with Charles Harpole. His work, he tells journalist Robert K. Elder in an interview for The Film That Changed My Life, was strongly influenced by the film Harlan County, USA. There’ve been many documentaries over the years that have powerfully impacted me. I think this one came along at the time when I was more interested in being a feature filmmaker than a documentary filmmaker. So it came along at the beginning of a process of moving from an interest in feature film to documentaries, and that’s where my career has taken me. It came along at the right time for me. It helped me see, “Ah, this is more what I want to do.” Steve James also pulls influence from the original definition of the term cinema verite as it applies to the Rouch/Morin method of filmmaking. Just as with Rouch and Morin, the “people on camera and we in the audience are continually reminded that a film is being made, that we are watching a film.” We are reminded of this through James’ presence on screen as well as his cinematic editing techniques, in order to obtain, what he believes is a more accurate depiction of truth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve James (producer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1958-03-08
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 2.3
- info Birth Place Hampton, Virginia, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Steve James
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Hoop Dreams
1994-09-12
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No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
2010-04-13
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These Amazing Shadows
2011-01-22
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Stevie
2002-09-09
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Heartbeats
2010-09-29
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Life Itself
2014-07-04
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Supernatural
2005-09-13
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Let the Little Light Shine
2022-04-21
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Hoop Dreams
1994-09-12
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Hoop Dreams
1994-09-12
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The Interrupters
2011-07-29
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The Interrupters
2011-07-29
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The Interrupters
2011-07-29
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The Interrupters
2011-07-29
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Stevie
2002-09-09
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Reel Paradise
2005-08-17
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Life Itself
2014-07-04
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Prefontaine
1997-01-24
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Higher Goals
1992-11-15
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Higher Goals
1992-11-15
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A Compassionate Spy
2022-08-31
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Life Itself
2014-07-04
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Life Itself
2014-07-04
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At the Death House Door
2008-03-09
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We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
2014-10-21
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Higher Goals
1992-11-15
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Higher Goals
1992-11-15
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Passing Glory
1999-02-21
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No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
2010-04-13
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A Compassionate Spy
2022-08-31
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A Compassionate Spy
2022-08-31
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The Featherweight
2023-09-03
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Head Games
2012-09-21
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Head Games
2012-09-21
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Grassroots Chicago
1991-01-01
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Life After Hoop Dreams
2015-04-08
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Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
2017-01-06
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Messwood
2021-11-12
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Joe and Max
2002-03-03
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No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
2010-04-13
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No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
2010-04-13
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Edith+Eddie
2017-03-02
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Minding the Gap
2018-08-17
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Hoop Dreams
1994-09-12
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Hoop Dreams
1994-09-12
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Reel Paradise
2005-08-17
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Reel Paradise
2005-08-17
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The Value of Work
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Prefontaine
1997-01-24
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No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
2010-04-13
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In the Family
2008-10-01
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The New Americans
2003-11-21
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The Rescue List
2018-04-06
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Storyville
1997-11-15
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30 for 30
2009-10-06
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America to Me
2018-08-26
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America to Me
2018-08-26
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America to Me
2018-08-26
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City So Real
2020-10-29
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City So Real
2020-10-29
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The Luckiest Guy in the World
2023-06-06
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The Luckiest Guy in the World
2023-06-06
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The Luckiest Guy in the World
2023-06-06