---
name: "James Kent"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-kent"
fi1m_id: "james-kent"
imdb_id: "nm0448757"
tmdb_id: 211659
wikidata_id: "Q21809719"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T00:09:53.722058+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 Kent

## Identity

James Kent

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-kent
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-kent
- **IMDb ID:** nm0448757
- **TMDB ID:** 211659
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21809719
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kent_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21809719, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448757/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/211659

Director. Born 1 January 1962 in UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1962, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kent_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21809719, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448757/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/211659

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Fellow Travelers*](https://film.one/tv/fellow-travelers.md) (68)

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## Biography

James Kent is a British television and film director. He was born and grew up in Yorkshire and was educated at Bootham School and Oxford University. He began his career as a BBC local news journalist in Bristol before directing more than twenty documentaries for the BBC.

Kent's fiction directing credits include episodes of *EastEnders* (2000), *The White Queen* (2013), *11.22.63* (2016), the second season of *The Capture* (2022) and central episodes of *Fellow Travelers* (2023). His feature films are *Testament of Youth* (2014) and *The Aftermath* (2019). He has also directed *Lost Boys and Fairies* (2024) for the BBC.

His documentary work includes *Holocaust: A Music Memorial Film from Auschwitz*, for which he won BAFTA, Emmy and RTS awards. He was nominated for Breakthrough British Filmmaker at the 2014 London Film Critics Circle Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, unitedagents.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fellow Travelers* (2023), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/fellow-travelers.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes* (2026), Director
- *Stolen Girl* (2025), Director
- *Magid / Zafar* (2025), Thanks
- *Lost Boys and Fairies* (2024), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Fellow Travelers* (2023), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/fellow-travelers.md)
- *The Human Voice* (2022), Director
- *The Capture* (2019), series, Director
- *MotherFatherSon* (2019), series, Director
- *The Aftermath* (2019), Director
- *11.22.63* (2016), series, Director
- *American Crime* (2015), series, Director
- *Testament of Youth* (2015), Director
- *The Thirteenth Tale* (2013), Director
- *Chopin Saved My Life* (2013), Director
- *The White Queen* (2013), series, Director
- *Inside Men* (2012), series, Director
- *Voices From Inside The Towers* (2011), Director
- *Marchlands* (2011), series, Director
- *The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister* (2010), Director
- *9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers* (2009), Director
- *Margaret* (2009), Director
- *War Oratorio* (2007), Director
- *HG Wells: War with the World* (2006), Director, Writer
- *Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes* (2006), Director
- *The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart* (2005), Director
- *Holocaust: A Music Memorial Film* (2005), series, Director
- *The Genius of Mozart* (2004), series, Director, Writer
- *Fashion Victim: The Killing of Gianni Versace* (2001), Director
- *The Russian Cracker* (1999), Producer, Director
- *Vile Bodies* (1998), series, Director
- *American Visions* (1997), series, Director
- *Albert Camus, un combat contre l'absurde* (1997), Director
- *Cutting Edge* (1990), series, Director
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, Director
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director
- *Inside Story* (1974), series, Director, Producer

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