
Directing
James Longley
Born
1972-01-04 (54)
Place of birth
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
7 titles
James Longley (born 4 January 1972, Eugene, Oregon) is an American documentary filmmaker, cinematographer, and producer. He is best known for Iraq in Fragments (2006), Gaza Strip (2002), and Angels Are Made of Light (2018). His work often focuses on war, conflict, and the lives of people affected by it.
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Mohabat
2026
10.0American documentarian James Longley delivers a sweeping, profoundly compassionate group portrait of Afghan students and teachers still weathering national turbulence.
Angels Are Made of Light
2018
6.5A "slice-of-life" documentary set in Gaza City, following the inner and outer lives of a 13-year-old boy, a self-styled revolutionary, as he struggles to find meaning in his life while his friends are killed around him, one by one.
Gaza Strip
2002
6.6An opus in three parts, Iraq In Fragments offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities rally for regional elections while enforcing Islamic law at the point of a gun; a family of Kurdish farmers welcomes the US presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom previously denied. American director James Longley spent more than two years filming in Iraq to create this stunningly photographed, poetically rendered documentary of the war-torn country as seen through the eyes of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds.
Iraq in Fragments
2006
4.3An Iraqi mother seeks health care for her 10-year-old son, who is dying of AIDS, against a background of war and occupation.
Sari's Mother
2006
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Mohabat
2026
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Mohabat
2026
10.0American documentarian James Longley delivers a sweeping, profoundly compassionate group portrait of Afghan students and teachers still weathering national turbulence.
Angels Are Made of Light
2018
10.0American documentarian James Longley delivers a sweeping, profoundly compassionate group portrait of Afghan students and teachers still weathering national turbulence.
Angels Are Made of Light
2018
6.5A "slice-of-life" documentary set in Gaza City, following the inner and outer lives of a 13-year-old boy, a self-styled revolutionary, as he struggles to find meaning in his life while his friends are killed around him, one by one.
Gaza Strip
2002
6.6An opus in three parts, Iraq In Fragments offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities rally for regional elections while enforcing Islamic law at the point of a gun; a family of Kurdish farmers welcomes the US presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom previously denied. American director James Longley spent more than two years filming in Iraq to create this stunningly photographed, poetically rendered documentary of the war-torn country as seen through the eyes of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds.
Iraq in Fragments
2006
4.3An Iraqi mother seeks health care for her 10-year-old son, who is dying of AIDS, against a background of war and occupation.
Sari's Mother
2006
