
Writing
James Button
Place of birth
Swansea, Wales, UK
Known for
Writing
Credits
26 titles
James Button is a BAFTA Cymru Nominated Writer and BBC Comedy Collective director who’s had a LOT of fun making fun films for fun. An excitable indie filmmaker always seeking to spread silliness (as we’ll all be dead soon anyway). The latest 3 (of his 20+) short films “The Foul“(dog poo), “RoButler” (naughty AI) and “Road Rage” (inconvenient time-travel) have amassed awards and 70+ official selections, including at BAFTA/BIFA- recognised festivals. In 2024 he wrote/directed 3 new comedy shorts: “The Quackening” (about a duck-themed curse), “1 In 5 Sheep” (an arty exploration of why do sheep baa?) and “Time’s Up, I’m Afraid” (about a multiverse-hopping therapist). James is also developing …
Known for
NRWhen a mouth erupts on Tomos's arm after trying to bypass online porn restrictions, he must muffle his sins before mum finds out.
Cegsex
2026
NRA hypnotherapist discovers she may be the one who has been hypnotised.
Time's Up, I'm Afraid
—
NRWhen an indecisive people pleaser is running late for the world’s busiest day, his misguided decisions escalate towards a single choice that risks everything he holds dear.
Harvey Greenfield Is Running Late
2023
3.0Dan and James have a dark secret which they must keep buried, one they can't let anyone, including Dan's girlfriend, Annie, ever find out. However, when the innocently idiotic James brings home a prostitute, shit starts to go down and the body count starts to go up.
The Corpse Series
2016
NROverworked council worker Cwnt Jones purchases a personalised A.I assistant to help make his life beta.
RoButler
2022
NRSome thing has to do something about all that dog sh*t. This is a corporate public information film about the necessity of cleaning up after your dog. Come on guys, just pick up the poop.
The Foul
2021
Film credits
2020s · 6 titles
NRWhen an indecisive people pleaser is running late for the world’s busiest day, his misguided decisions escalate towards a single choice that risks everything he holds dear.
Harvey Greenfield Is Running Late
2023
NROverworked council worker Cwnt Jones purchases a personalised A.I assistant to help make his life beta.
RoButler
2022
NRSome thing has to do something about all that dog sh*t. This is a corporate public information film about the necessity of cleaning up after your dog. Come on guys, just pick up the poop.
The Foul
2021
NRAn artist in sheep's clothing.
1 In 5 Sheep
2025
NRA grumpy Welshman reluctantly visits his grandmother, only to discover she has only gone and got herself cursed! So now he needs to bloody save her (and the world) from a demon duck...before midnight.
The Quackening
2025
5.5Late for his interview. Stuck in a time loop. Not ideal. It's enough to drive Derw Derw mad.
Road Rage!
2020
Behind the camera
NRWhen a mouth erupts on Tomos's arm after trying to bypass online porn restrictions, he must muffle his sins before mum finds out.
Cegsex
2026
NRA hypnotherapist discovers she may be the one who has been hypnotised.
Time's Up, I'm Afraid
—
NRA hypnotherapist discovers she may be the one who has been hypnotised.
Time's Up, I'm Afraid
—
NRA hypnotherapist discovers she may be the one who has been hypnotised.
Time's Up, I'm Afraid
—
3.0Dan and James have a dark secret which they must keep buried, one they can't let anyone, including Dan's girlfriend, Annie, ever find out. However, when the innocently idiotic James brings home a prostitute, shit starts to go down and the body count starts to go up.
The Corpse Series
2016
3.0Dan and James have a dark secret which they must keep buried, one they can't let anyone, including Dan's girlfriend, Annie, ever find out. However, when the innocently idiotic James brings home a prostitute, shit starts to go down and the body count starts to go up.
The Corpse Series
2016
NROverworked council worker Cwnt Jones purchases a personalised A.I assistant to help make his life beta.
RoButler
2022
NROverworked council worker Cwnt Jones purchases a personalised A.I assistant to help make his life beta.
RoButler
2022
NRSome thing has to do something about all that dog sh*t. This is a corporate public information film about the necessity of cleaning up after your dog. Come on guys, just pick up the poop.
The Foul
2021
NRSome thing has to do something about all that dog sh*t. This is a corporate public information film about the necessity of cleaning up after your dog. Come on guys, just pick up the poop.
The Foul
2021
NRAn artist in sheep's clothing.
1 In 5 Sheep
2025
NRAn artist in sheep's clothing.
1 In 5 Sheep
2025
NRAn artist in sheep's clothing.
1 In 5 Sheep
2025
NRA grumpy Welshman reluctantly visits his grandmother, only to discover she has only gone and got herself cursed! So now he needs to bloody save her (and the world) from a demon duck...before midnight.
The Quackening
2025
NRA grumpy Welshman reluctantly visits his grandmother, only to discover she has only gone and got herself cursed! So now he needs to bloody save her (and the world) from a demon duck...before midnight.
The Quackening
2025
NRA grumpy Welshman reluctantly visits his grandmother, only to discover she has only gone and got herself cursed! So now he needs to bloody save her (and the world) from a demon duck...before midnight.
The Quackening
2025
5.5Late for his interview. Stuck in a time loop. Not ideal. It's enough to drive Derw Derw mad.
Road Rage!
2020
5.5Late for his interview. Stuck in a time loop. Not ideal. It's enough to drive Derw Derw mad.
Road Rage!
2020
5.5Late for his interview. Stuck in a time loop. Not ideal. It's enough to drive Derw Derw mad.
Road Rage!
2020
