---
name: "James Head"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-head"
fi1m_id: "james-head"
imdb_id: "nm0372138"
tmdb_id: 1212587
wikidata_id: "Q16225582"
roles: ["Second assistant camera","Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T20:04:20.152785+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 Head

## Identity

James Head

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-head
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-head
- **IMDb ID:** nm0372138
- **TMDB ID:** 1212587
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16225582
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Head_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16225582, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372138/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212587

Second assistant camera and director. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Second assistant camera, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 1987–2004
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 70 (1), 2000s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Head_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16225582, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372138/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212587

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Battlestar Galactica*](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md) (83)

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

## Biography

James Head is a Canadian television director. He began his career in the camera department, working as a second assistant camera on films including *9012Live* (1985) and *Stakeout* (1987), and later as a first assistant camera on several features in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Head made his directorial debut in 1991 with an episode of *The Commish*. From the mid-1990s he directed episodes of series including *The Outer Limits* (1995), *Two* (1996–97), *The Crow: Stairway to Heaven* (1998–99) and *Earth: Final Conflict* (1998–99). From 2003 he worked full-time as a director, with credits including twenty episodes of *The Dead Zone* (2003–07), one episode of *Battlestar Galactica* (2006), an episode of *Stargate Atlantis* (2004), episodes of *Reaper* (2007–08), *Sanctuary* (2008), *Kyle XY* (2008–09) and *Eureka* (2009), and twelve episodes of *R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour* (2010–14). He has also directed numerous television films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Stakeout* (1987), Fi1m 70, Second Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/stakeout.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *Destination Wedding* (2017), Director
- *Campfire Kiss* (2017), Director
- *My Christmas Dream* (2016), Director
- *Christmas Cookies* (2016), Director
- *Dater's Handbook* (2016), Director
- *My One Christmas Wish* (2015), Director
- *Once Upon A Holiday* (2015), Director
- *Welcome Home* (2015), Director
- *Spooksville* (2013), series, Director
- *Endgame* (2011), series, Director
- *R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour* (2010), series, Director
- *Sanctuary* (2008), series, Director
- *Reaper* (2007), series, Director
- *Blood Ties* (2007), series, Director
- *The Dresden Files* (2007), series, Director
- *Eureka* (2006), series, Director
- *Angela's Eyes* (2006), series, Director
- *Kyle XY* (2006), series, Director
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Stargate Atlantis* (2004), series, Director
- *The Twilight Zone* (2002), series, Director
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), series, Director
- *Jeremiah* (2002), series, Director
- *Wolf Lake* (2001), series, Director
- *The Fearing Mind* (2000), series, Director
- *The Spiral Staircase* (2000), Director
- *The Excalibur Kid* (1999), Director
- *The Crow: Stairway to Heaven* (1998), series, Director
- *Earth: Final Conflict* (1997), series, Director
- *Kitchen Party* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Hard Core Logo* (1996), Executive Producer
- *The Adventures of Sinbad* (1996), series, Director
- *Two* (1996), series, Director
- *FX: The Series* (1996), series, Director
- *Poltergeist: The Legacy* (1996), series, Director
- *Fear* (1996), Second Unit Cinematographer, Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, Director
- *Madison* (1993), series, Director
- *The Fourth War* (1990), First Assistant Camera
- *Stakeout* (1987), Second Assistant Camera — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/stakeout.md)
- *Firefighter* (1986), Second Assistant Camera
- *Yes - 9012Live* (1985), Second Assistant Camera

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