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James Bluemel

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Cinematographer
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James Bluemel is known for Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (2023), Once Upon a Time in Iraq (2020) and Exodus: Our Journey to Europe (2016).
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    • Won 2 BAFTA Awards
      • 11 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Known for

    Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (2023)
    Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
    8.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    Once Upon a Time in Iraq (2020)
    Once Upon a Time in Iraq
    9.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    Exodus: Our Journey to Europe (2016)
    Exodus: Our Journey to Europe
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    Frontline (1983)
    Frontline
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • Once Upon a Time in the Middle East
      • Director
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Once Upon a Time in Space (2025)
      Once Upon a Time in Space
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (2023)
      Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
      8.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Pandemic 2020 (2020)
      Pandemic 2020
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • Director
      • 2016–2021
    • Es war einmal im Irak (2021)
      Es war einmal im Irak
      9.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Once Upon a Time in Iraq (2020)
      Once Upon a Time in Iraq
      9.0
      TV Mini Series
      • series director
      • 2020
    • The Foreign Doctors Are Coming
      TV Movie
      • consultant director
      • 2018
    • Exodus: Our Journey to Europe (2016)
      Exodus: Our Journey to Europe
      7.8
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2016–2017
    • The Romanians Are Coming (2015)
      The Romanians Are Coming
      5.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Skint (2013)
      Skint
      6.6
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2013
    • 66 Months
      • Director
      • 2011
    • The Hospital
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010
    • John Smeaton in Make Me an MP (2009)
      Make Me an MP
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Cutting Edge (1990)
      Cutting Edge
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Ballad of AJ Weberman (2006)
      Ballad of AJ Weberman
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2006

    Producer

    • Still, Jack Macinnes, and Itab Azzam in One in a Million (2026)
      One in a Million
      7.9
      • producer
      • 2026
    • Bombing Brighton: The Plot to Kill Thatcher (2024)
      Bombing Brighton: The Plot to Kill Thatcher
      7.6
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Life in Orbit
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • The Romanians Are Coming (2015)
      The Romanians Are Coming
      5.5
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Pompeii... Live!
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2006
    • Beijing Swings
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • associate producer
      • 2003

    Cinematographer

    • Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018–2020
    • The Romanians Are Coming (2015)
      The Romanians Are Coming
      5.5
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015

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