James Jones

James Jones (born December, 1982) is a British director known for making documentary films on social issues for international television and theatrical release.

Career James Jones' films have been broadcast on the BBC, Channel 4, Sky, HBO, Apple TV+ and PBS Frontline.

Jones has tackled subjects including suicide in the military and homelessness. He has also made films in North Korea and Saudi Arabia. His film Children of the Gaza War was broadcast on the BBC in July 2015 on the first anniversary of the 2014 Gaza war. In 2016 he made a feature-length documentary Unarmed Black Male about the murder trial of a police officer in Portsmouth, Virginia. In 2017 he co-directed Mosul with Olivier Sarbil.

In 2019, he released a feature documentary on the drug war in the Philippines, On the President's Orders, for PBS's Frontline, Arte France, BBC's Storyville and Bertha Doc Society, in which he follows a newly installed police chief of Caloocan City who is a supporter of president Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drug campaign. It played at the Sheffield DocFest and Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York.

In 2022, his film Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes was broadcast on Sky Documentaries. It told the story of the Chernobyl disaster using personal interviews with people who were there and newly discovered, dramatic footage filmed at the nuclear plant. The film was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Documentary and won a BAFTA for Best Editing.

In 2023, his series Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn was released on Apple TV+.

Filmography Year Title Awards and Nominations Notes 2010 Secret Iraq BAFTA for Best Current Affairs (nominated) 2011 Sex, Lies and Black Magic 2011 Landlords from Hell 2011 Vlad's Army 2012 Interviews Before Execution 2013 Britain's Hidden Housing Crisis BAFTA for Best Current Affairs (nominated) 2013 Broken by Battle 2013 North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State BAFTA for Best Current Affairs (nominated) Alternatively titled Secret State of North Korea 2014 Syria's Second Front 2014 Battle for Ukraine 2015 Children of the Gaza War BAFTA for Best Current Affairs (nominated) 2016 Saudi Arabia Uncovered 2016 Unarmed Black Male BAFTA for Best Current Affairs (nominated) 2017 Mosul As co-director and writer only 2019 On the President's Orders Emmy Award for Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary (nominated) Also producer 2022 Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes Also producer 2023 Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn Television series 2024 Antidote Also producer 2026 Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare Also executive producer