James Mann

James Mann has been working in the media industry since 2006 when they began as a Freelance Cinematographer. In 2009, they took on the role of Executive Producer/Director at Camera Experiment, where they wrote treatments, created budgets, cast talent, secured locations, filed permits, hired crew, coordinated travel, directed, shot, edited, color corrected and delivered web commercials and branded content. In 2010, they began working as a Director, Editor and Showrunner for Docu-Series, Branded Content, and Original Digital Series. In 2015, they became Director and Editor for Tastemade, developing, producing, directing and overseeing all aspects of production and post for a number of original and branded food-related shows. In 2019, they joined ContagiousLA as a Rostered Commercial Director, directing commercials for television and web. In 2020, they became Director of Digital Content for Hyphenate Brand Studio. Most recently, in 2022, they began working as a Senior Creative Producer for ATTN:.

James Mann received their Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature, Film Production, and Photography from Washington University in St. Louis in 2004. James then went on to receive their Master of Fine Arts in Film Production from ArtCenter College of Design in 2006.