James Brown

Since graduating Elam School of Fine Arts in 2003, James Brown has edited documentaries for directors Thomas Burstyn, Leanne Pooley, Annie Goldson, and co-edited a doco on racing legend Bruce McLaren for Roger Donaldson. In 2013, he shared a NZ Film Award with Goldson for He Toki Huna: New Zealand in Afghanistan. As a director, Brown has worked on award-winning American rugby docu-series Red White Black & Blue. Back home he has edited rugby docu-series All Blacks: In Their Own Words and episodes of true crime series Black Coast Vanishings. His company Branch Out Media specialises in offline editing.

...the best rugby movie I've seen ... Director James Brown tells the story from opposing angles. On one hand, he tries to dispel some of the negative stereotypes and stigmas associated with South Central and young African Americans, while also revealing the intimate, unique conflicts the characters of the film deal with in their personal lives. Pat Clifton, reviewing Red White Black & Blue on website Rugby Weekly, 30 January 2013