Biography

James Cullen Bressack is a distinguished American director, producer, and screenwriter specializing in film and television. With an impressive portfolio of twenty-two feature films as a director and one hundred and thirty-six feature films as a producer, his work has garnered releases from prominent studios such as Lionsgate, Sony, Saban, and Cinedigm. His work has also been available to watch on various streaming platforms and networks, including Hulu, Netflix, Tubi, Paramount+, Lifetime, and Animal Planet. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with renowned actors, including Mel Gibson, Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Bruce Willis.

An award-winning filmmaker, James received two Emmy nominations for production in both 2023 and 2024. At just 33 years old, he boasts 15 years of experience in the industry, having directed his first feature film at the age of 18. He is the son of three-time Emmy Award-winning writer Gordon Bressack and acclaimed voice actress Ellen Gerstell, further underscoring his deep-rooted connection to the arts.
- IMDb mini biography by: David Mortimer

There's never enough time to do everything right, but there's always time to do it again.

I've loved movies my entire life. But what really pushed me to become a film maker, because as a child I seriously wanted to be a professional wrestler, was when my dad got very ill when I was in the 5th grade. He was bed ridden for years so all we did together was watch movies. It was our escape. Sick as he was, he could still discuss movies better then anyone else. I would come home every day from school and go to his room and we would watch a movie. It's how we spent our time together. Before that we use to play baseball and go bowling and stuff, but once he got sick all we could really share was film. That is when I was inspired to make movies. I wanted to give someone, in the off chance that they were in my same situation that I was in when I was little, just one extra movie they can watch and talk about with a sick loved one.