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James Excell

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
  • Production Department
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James Excell is known for Morbius (2022), Black Widow (2021) and Fast X (2023).
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    • Known for

    Jared Leto in Morbius (2022)
    Morbius
    5.1
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2022
    Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Winstone, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, and Florence Pugh in Black Widow (2021)
    Black Widow
    6.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2021
    Charlize Theron, Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Brie Larson, Ludacris, Jason Momoa, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, John Cena, Alan Ritchson, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Daniela Melchior in Fast X (2023)
    Fast X
    5.7
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2023
    James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    7.8
    • Production Department
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Highlander
      • floor second assistant director
      • Post-production
    • Steve Toussaint, Phia Saban, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Tom Glynn-Carney, Harry Collett, Ewan Mitchell, Emma D'Arcy, Bethany Antonia, and Phoebe Campbell in House of the Dragon (2022)
      House of the Dragon
      8.3
      TV Series
      • floor 2nd assistant director: fire unit
      • third assistant director
      • 2022–2026
    • Riz Ahmed in Bait (2026)
      Bait
      6.8
      TV Series
      • floor 2nd assistant director
      • 2026
    • Allison Janney, Kate McKinnon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Zoë Chao, Sunita Mani, Jamie Demetriou, and Ncuti Gatwa in The Roses (2025)
      The Roses
      6.6
      • additional third assistant director
      • 2025
    • Robbie Williams and Jonno Davies in Better Man (2024)
      Better Man
      7.5
      • third assistant director
      • 2024
    • Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn in A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
      A Quiet Place: Day One
      6.2
      • floor second assistant director: second unit
      • 2024
    • The First Omen (2024)
      The First Omen
      6.5
      • third assistant director
      • 2024
    • Charlize Theron, Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Brie Larson, Ludacris, Jason Momoa, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, John Cena, Alan Ritchson, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Daniela Melchior in Fast X (2023)
      Fast X
      5.7
      • third assistant director: main unit
      • 2023
    • David Duchovny, Leslie Mann, Fred Armisen, Pedro Pascal, Keegan-Michael Key, Karen Gillan, Iris Apatow, Ben Ashenden, Alexander Owen, and Guz Khan in The Bubble (2022)
      The Bubble
      4.7
      • third assistant director
      • 2022
    • Jared Leto in Morbius (2022)
      Morbius
      5.1
      • third assistant director
      • 2022
    • Uma Thurman, Elyes Gabel, Gerran Howell, Kunal Nayyar, Georgina Campbell, Tom Rhys Harries, and Elizabeth Henstridge in Suspicion (2022)
      Suspicion
      6.2
      TV Series
      • third assistant director
      • 2022
    • Stephen Graham and Daniel Mays in Code 404 (2020)
      Code 404
      6.3
      TV Series
      • third assistant director
      • 2021
    • Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Winstone, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, and Florence Pugh in Black Widow (2021)
      Black Widow
      6.6
      • crowd third assistant director: dailies
      • 2021
    • Katherine Langford in Cursed (2020)
      Cursed
      6.0
      TV Series
      • third assistant director: additional photography
      • 2020
    • Matthew Macfadyen and Michael Sheen in Quiz (2020)
      Quiz
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • third assistant director
      • 2020
    • A Christmas Carol (2019)
      A Christmas Carol
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • crowd third assistant director: dailies
      • 2019

    Additional Crew

    • Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Phyllis Logan, Lesley Nicol, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Robert James-Collier, Michelle Dockery, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sophie McShera, Tuppence Middleton, Laura Carmichael, and Michael Fox in Downton Abbey (2019)
      Downton Abbey
      7.4
      • key floor runner (uncredited)
      • 2019
    • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
      The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
      8.4
      TV Series
      • additional set runner: dailies
      • 2019
    • Maeve Dermody and Oliver Farnworth in Love Type D (2019)
      Love Type D
      5.1
      • runner
      • 2019
    • William Fichtner, Sylvia Hoeks, and Milo Gibson in All the Devil's Men (2018)
      All the Devil's Men
      5.2
      • floor runner
      • 2018
    • Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Shannon, and Florence Pugh in The Little Drummer Girl (2018)
      The Little Drummer Girl
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • additional floor runner (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Iain De Caestecker, Wyatt Russell, Pilou Asbæk, John Magaro, Jacob Anderson, Jovan Adepo, and Mathilde Ollivier in Overlord (2018)
      Overlord
      6.6
      • additional set pa
      • 2018
    • Charlotte Rampling, Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, and Oliver Zetterström in The Little Stranger (2018)
      The Little Stranger
      5.5
      • crowd production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Lesley Manville, Samantha Morton, Jessica Brown Findlay, and Eloise Smyth in Harlots (2017)
      Harlots
      7.6
      TV Series
      • crowd production assistant: dailies (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Taylor Kitsch, Shiva Negar, Aso Sherabayani, and Dylan O'Brien in American Assassin (2017)
      American Assassin
      6.2
      • crowd pa: dailies
      • 2017
    • Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour (2017)
      Darkest Hour
      7.4
      • set pa
      • stand-in
      • 2017
    • Retaliation (2017)
      Retaliation
      5.5
      • floor runner
      • 2017
    • John Hurt, Nick Moran, George Russo, Michael Bisping, Chanel Cresswell, Josh Helman, Martin Askew, Charley Palmer Rothwell, and Lee Shone in My Name Is Lenny (2017)
      My Name Is Lenny
      6.1
      • floor runner
      • 2017
    • Bill Milner in iBoy (2017)
      iBoy
      5.9
      • floor runner
      • 2017

    Production Department

    • Idris Elba in Turn Up Charlie (2019)
      Turn Up Charlie
      7.0
      TV Series
      • production assistant
      • 2019
    • Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
      Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
      6.2
      • set production assistant: second unit
      • 2018
    • Judi Dench and Ali Fazal in Victoria & Abdul (2017)
      Victoria & Abdul
      6.8
      • set production assistant: dailies
      • 2017
    • Annette Bening and Jamie Bell in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
      Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
      6.7
      • additional set production assistant
      • 2017
    • The Mummy (2017)
      The Mummy
      5.4
      • additional set production assistant: second unit (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Tim Roth, Samantha Morton, Nico Mirallegro, and Jodie Comer in Rillington Place (2016)
      Rillington Place
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • set production assistant: dailies (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
      Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
      7.8
      • set production assistant: additional photography
      • 2016
    • Wolves (2016)
      Wolves
      6.4
      Short
      • production assistant
      • 2016

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