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name: "James Hamilton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-hamilton-3036346"
fi1m_id: "james-hamilton-3036346"
tmdb_id: 3036346
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T02:22:04.970717+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# James Hamilton

## Identity

James Hamilton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-hamilton-3036346
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-hamilton-3036346
- **TMDB ID:** 3036346
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3036346

Writer. Born in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3036346

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Amazing World of Gumball*](https://film.one/tv/the-amazing-world-of-gumball.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

James Hamilton is a British screenwriter specialising in animation and comedy. Originally from London, he is based in Los Angeles.

He wrote more than fifty episodes of Cartoon Network’s *The Amazing World of Gumball* across seasons four, five and six (2015–2019). He co-developed and served as head writer on the Netflix series *Dogs in Space* (2021) and was head writer on *Jentry Chau vs the Underworld* (2024).

His other credits include episodes of *Unikitty!*, *Bravest Warriors*, *Space Chickens in Space* and *Love Monster*. He created the sketch troupe Casual Violence and has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. An episode of *Gumball* that he co-wrote won two British Animation Awards, and he received an Emmy nomination for *Jentry Chau vs the Underworld*.

*Sources: theamazingworldofgumball.fandom.com, imdb.com, animationmagazine.net, jameshamiltonwriter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Amazing World of Gumball* (2011), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-amazing-world-of-gumball.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Thomas & Friends: Really Helpful Engines* (2026), Writer, Lyricist
- *Jentry Chau vs the Underworld* (2024), series, Writer
- *Dogs in Space* (2021), series, Writer
- *Love Monster* (2020), series, Writer
- *Taffy* (2019), series, Writer
- *Space Chickens in Space* (2018), series, Writer
- *Unikitty!* (2017), series, Writer
- *Bear Hugs* (2017), Writer, Producer, Story
- *The Grot in the Grotto* (2016), as Walter Crust
- *The Amazing World of Gumball* (2011), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-amazing-world-of-gumball.md)
- *Thomas & Friends: Railway Stories*, series, Writer

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