James Head (director)
Canadian television director
James David Head is a Canadian television director.
Career
Cameraman
Head began his career as a cameraman on various film crews. In 1985, he was a second assistant camera for the concert film 9012Live by Yes. In 1987, he was a second assistant camera for the film Stakeout. He then worked as a first assistant camera on Beyond the Stars (1989), The Fourth War (1990), Run (1991), And the Sea Will Tell (1991), and Bingo (1991).
Early years as a director
Head made his directorial debut in 1991, directing at least one episode of TV's The Commish, but did not become a full-time director at that time. He was second unit director of photography for Man of the House (1995) and Fear (1996). He was back as a director in 1996, directing at least one episode of F/X: The Series. In 1997, he directed an episode of The Adventures of Sinbad, and during the 1996–97 season, he has directors credits for three episodes of Two. During the 1998-99 TV season, he directed two episodes of The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, an episode of Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy, an episode of Poltergeist: The Legacy, and five episodes of Earth: Final Conflict.
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