---
name: "James Marshall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-marshall"
fi1m_id: "james-marshall"
imdb_id: "nm0550931"
tmdb_id: 1228529
wikidata_id: "Q13420542"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-22T21:35:01.165542+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 Marshall

## Identity

James Marshall

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-marshall
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-marshall
- **IMDb ID:** nm0550931
- **TMDB ID:** 1228529
- **Wikidata ID:** Q13420542
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marshall_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13420542, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0550931/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1228529

Director. Born 1 January 1962 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1962, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** Jim Marshall
- **Frequently works with:** [Alfred Gough](https://film.one/person/alfred-gough.md), [Miles Millar](https://film.one/person/miles-millar.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 66 (1), 2020s 71 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marshall_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13420542, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0550931/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1228529

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Wednesday*](https://film.one/tv/wednesday.md) (71)
- **Disney+:** [*Smallville*](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md) (66)

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

## Biography

James Marshall is a Canadian television director and producer. Born in 1962 in New Westminster, British Columbia, he has directed more than one hundred episodes of television and produced over one hundred and seventy.

He is best known for his extensive work on *Smallville* (2001–2011), where he directed twenty-six episodes and served as executive producer on many more. Other directing credits include episodes of *Wednesday* (2022), *The Shannara Chronicles* (2016–2017), *Into the Badlands* (2015–2019), *Supergirl* (2015–2021), *Falling Skies* (2011–2015), *Shadowhunters* (2016–2019) and *The O.C.* (2003–2007).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Wednesday* (2022), Fi1m 71, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/wednesday.md)
- *Smallville* (2001), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Wednesday* (2022), series, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/wednesday.md)
- *Aftermath* (2016), series, Director
- *Shadowhunters* (2016), series, Director
- *The Shannara Chronicles* (2016), series, Director
- *Into the Badlands* (2015), series, Director
- *Supergirl* (2015), series, Director
- *Charlie's Angels* (2011), series, Director
- *Falling Skies* (2011), series, Director
- *The O.C.* (2003), series, Director
- *Dead Like Me* (2003), series, Director
- *Birds of Prey* (2002), series, Director
- *The Nightmare Room: Camp Nowhere* (2002), Director
- *Smallville* (2001), series, Director, Executive Producer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *The Nightmare Room* (2001), series, Director
- *Caitlin's Way* (2000), series, Director
- *Charmed* (1998), series, Director
- *The Sentinel* (1996), series, Director
- *Call Of The Wild* (1993), Second Assistant Director
- *The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter* (1990), Second Assistant Director
- *The Stepfather* (1987), Third Assistant Director
- *Black Sash*, series, Director

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