Natalie Erika James
Natalie Erika James
Creative Writer/Director
Natalie Erika James is a Japanese-Australian writer/director and producer focused on genre stories told with heart.
Her debut feature, Relic, is a psychological horror starring Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote and Robyn Nevin, produced by Carver Films, Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories and the Russo Brothers’ AGBO Films.
RELIC premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and received nominations for Best Film at the 2020 IFP Gotham Awards, Best Film, Best Direction, and Best Screenplay at the 2020 AACTA Awards.
Natalie’s latest film is Apartment 7A, a horror-thriller for Paramount Pictures, starring Julia Garner, Dianne Wiest and Jim Sturgess.
Her debut feature, Relic, is a psychological horror starring Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote and Robyn Nevin, produced by Carver Films, Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories and the Russo Brothers’ AGBO Films.
RELIC premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and received nominations for Best Film at the 2020 IFP Gotham Awards, Best Film, Best Direction, and Best Screenplay at the 2020 AACTA Awards.
Natalie’s latest film is Apartment 7A, a horror-thriller for Paramount Pictures, starring Julia Garner, Dianne Wiest and Jim Sturgess.
Connect
Related Sessions
Horror & Audience: Why We Love To Be Terrified
THU, OCT 19, 2:00 PM
Conference
Audiences eat up (pun intended) the horror genre.
There is something about tapping into our deep-seated fear for what lurks in the dark. It is our primal need and as the screen industry recalibrates post pandemic, audiences are hungrier than ever for the genre, with Australian projects and filmmakers leading the charge.
Hear from some of these leading horror directors about what draws them to the genre, how they build story within it and as a genre that is forever shape shifting, where to next for themselves and the genre.
