James Westby

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Joined / Portland, OR

Westby is an independent filmmaker from Portland, OR. He writes, directs, and edits provocative feature films with economical budgets and no compromises. And big laughs!

His feature FILM GEEK won the Independent Vision Award at the Sarasota Film Festival in 2006 and was distributed by First Run Features. His next film THE AUTEUR, a romantic comedy about the world’s greatest porn director, premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. RID OF ME, a black comedy about an awkward woman named Meris, is Westby’s sixth full-length feature film. He is currently working on an anti-bully documentary as well as his next feature, a screwball comedy set in 1947 Manhattan entitled HOT IN THE ZIPPER. His favorite movie of all time is Robert Altman’s THE LONG GOODBYE.

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