Biography

James Bogle is an Australian director/writer/co-producer of feature films and television drama series known for five theatrically released feature films: "Kadaicha" (AKA) "Stones of Death" (1988), "Mad Bomber in Love" (1993), "In The Winter Dark" (1998), "Closed For Winter" (2008) and "Whiteley" (2017), a feature doc which won four AACTA Awards, including Best Director. TV drama series he directed inclued "The Circuit" (2011) which he was nominated for Best Direction of a TV Drama by Australian Directors Guild in 2011: Tim Winton's "Lockie Leonard", Season 1 and 2, (Australian Film Institute Awards winner: Best Children's Drama Series Logie in 2007 and 2008. In 2019, set-up director on ABC/BBC/NBC serial drama, "The Heights". He also directed the drama aspect of the 4 hour ABCTV docu/drama series, "The War That Changed Us", in 2014, (named Factual Series of the Year) by "The Australian" Newspaper.

James served as a board member at the Western Australian state funding body, ScreenWest from 2001-2004, and as an Executive Committee Member for the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Directors' Guild from 2010-12 and appointed Head of Directing at the WA Screen Academy in 2020 during the COVID crisis.
- IMDb mini biography by: James Bogle