Directing
James Cleave
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Credits
5 titles
James Cleave is a London-based Writer-Director and Associate Member of Directors UK, whose work explores human connection through realistic, dialogue-driven drama, often with a sharp thread of humour running through the discomfort. His short films have collectively earned 21 awards, 30 nominations, and 31 Official Selections across national and international film festivals. His debut sci-fi drama Sometime Else, which screened at the BAFTA Cymru-qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, was described by UK Film Review as sitting "amongst any of Charlie Brooker's best and darkest [Black Mirror] episodes." His BIFA-Qualified comedy-drama MAFIA was praised by Film Carnage for its "clean edge" and…
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NRA comedy drama that follows a wine-fuelled family as they play a post-dinner round of Mafia, a playful game (supposedly), of murder and deceit that soon spirals out of control as embarrassing secrets are revealed and uncomfortable truths are exposed that could change the family dynamic forever.
MAFIA
2024
10.0Three actors audition for the same career-defining lead role in a major British romcom, all from the discomfort of their own homes.
SELF+TAPE
2026
7.0A therapist attempts to navigate a young man's toxic relationship issues with his ex-girlfriend using state-of-the-art virtual reality technology. But is his memory reliable?
Sometime Else
2021
Behind the camera
NRA comedy drama that follows a wine-fuelled family as they play a post-dinner round of Mafia, a playful game (supposedly), of murder and deceit that soon spirals out of control as embarrassing secrets are revealed and uncomfortable truths are exposed that could change the family dynamic forever.
MAFIA
2024
10.0Three actors audition for the same career-defining lead role in a major British romcom, all from the discomfort of their own homes.
SELF+TAPE
2026
10.0Three actors audition for the same career-defining lead role in a major British romcom, all from the discomfort of their own homes.
SELF+TAPE
2026
7.0A therapist attempts to navigate a young man's toxic relationship issues with his ex-girlfriend using state-of-the-art virtual reality technology. But is his memory reliable?
Sometime Else
2021
7.0A therapist attempts to navigate a young man's toxic relationship issues with his ex-girlfriend using state-of-the-art virtual reality technology. But is his memory reliable?
Sometime Else
2021