James Houghton was born on 4 September 1958 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was married to Joyce Lynn O'Connor. He died on 2 August 2016 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
(1999 to 2000 season) He directed Arthur Miller's play, "Mr. Peters' Connections," in a Tyrone Guthrie Theater production at the Guthrie Lab Theater, Warehouse district, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Christine Jones was set designer. Matthew J. LeFebvre was costume designer. Marcus Dilliard was lighting designer.
