--- name: "James Nunn" canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-nunn" fi1m_id: "james-nunn" imdb_id: "nm2071556" tmdb_id: 1088096 wikidata_id: "Q111209551" roles: ["Director","Writer"] born: "24 October 1985" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 60 average_as: "director" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-05T16:53:34.122626+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 Nunn ## Identity James Nunn - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-nunn - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** james-nunn - **IMDb ID:** nm2071556 - **TMDB ID:** 1088096 - **Wikidata ID:** Q111209551 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Nunn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111209551, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2071556/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1088096 Director and writer. Born 24 October 1985 in Surrey, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Director, Writer - **Born:** 24 October 1985, Surrey, England, UK - **Active:** 2021–present - **Also known as:** 제임스 넌 - **Frequently works with:** [Ben Jacques](https://film.one/person/ben-jacques.md), [Jamie Russell](https://film.one/person/jamie-russell.md), [Scott Adkins](https://film.one/person/scott-adkins.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as director, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Nunn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111209551, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2071556/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1088096 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*One Shot*](https://film.one/film/one-shot.md) (67) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on James Nunn > James Nunn makes action thrillers with a practical feel for physical performance. We recommend *One Shot* to genre enthusiasts for its urgency and Scott Adkins, though the continuous-shot approach makes the thin writing harder to overlook. In *One Shot* (2021), the gun battles and the conversations have to share what looks like one uninterrupted stretch of time. James Nunn uses that continuous-shot approach to give familiar action an urgency it might otherwise lack. We were tense during the fighting because the choreography kept the pressure on without an apparent cut to offer relief. It is decent, carefully staged work, worth an evening for an action enthusiast rather than a reason to convert to the genre. His feature debut, *Tower Block* (2012), co-directed with Ronnie Thompson, established an interest in contained thrillers. Solo action films followed, including *Eliminators* (2016) with Scott Adkins. By *One Shot*, Nunn was building the action around Adkins and the demands of the continuous-shot format. *Shark Bait* (2022) takes his interest in survival onto the water, while *One More Shot* (2024) carries the continuous-take format into an airport. He keeps returning to people under immediate physical pressure. Adkins is the important partner here: Nunn has worked with him repeatedly, tailoring extended sequences to his physical performance. In *One Shot*, that attention to the practical business of staging a fight is the strongest reason to keep watching. The trouble is that the gun battles repeat themselves enough for some of the urgency to fade, even while the effort remains evident. A long sequence still needs variety, and Nunn does not always find enough of it to justify keeping us there. The greater limitation is what happens when the characters speak. *One Shot* has thinly drawn people and stiff dialogue, and the same approach that sustains the fighting obliges us to sit through those exchanges on the way to the next confrontation. Nunn also has a story credit, so the writing cannot simply be treated as somebody else's problem. We would send action enthusiasts to *One Shot* for Adkins and the staging; anyone hoping to care much about the characters should be more cautious. ## Biography James Nunn is a British film director and writer. He was born on 24 October 1985 in Sutton, Surrey, England. Nunn made his feature directorial debut with *Tower Block* (2012). He has since directed a series of action and thriller films, frequently collaborating with actor Scott Adkins. His credits include *Eliminators* (2016), *One Shot* (2021), for which he also received a story credit, *Shark Bait* (2022) and *One More Shot* (2024). *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *One More Shot* (2024), Fi1m 54, Director, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/one-more-shot.md) - *One Shot* (2021), Fi1m 67, Story, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/one-shot.md) ## Complete filmography (21) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *One Last Shot* (2026), Director - *Hungry* (2026), Director, Writer - *Wildcat* (2025), Director - *I Wish I Never Existed* (2024), Producer - *One More Shot* (2024), Director, Story — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/one-more-shot.md) - *Shark Bait* (2022), Director - *One Shot* (2021), Director, Story — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/one-shot.md) - *FX's A Christmas Carol* (2019), Second Unit Director - *47 Meters Down: Uncaged* (2019), Second Unit Director - *The Marine 6: Close Quarters* (2018), Director - *47 Meters Down* (2017), Second Unit Director - *The Marine 5: Battleground* (2017), Director - *Eliminators* (2016), Director - *The Call Up* (2016), Second Unit Director - *The Anomaly* (2014), First Assistant Director - *Green Street 3: Never Back Down* (2013), Director - *Tower Block* (2012), Director - *Cockneys vs Zombies* (2012), Second Unit - *Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: An American Werewolf in London* (2012), as Man with Phone - *Cold Earth* (2008), First Assistant Director - *3000 Miles* (2007), Camera Operator --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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