---
name: "James Scott"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-scott"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "9 July 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T07:56:32.499232+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."
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# James Scott

Director. Born 9 July 1941 in Wells.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 9 July 1941, Wells
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22280379, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779270/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/586691

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Inspector Morse*](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md) (84)

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## Biography

James Scott is a British filmmaker, writer and visual artist. Born in Wells in 1941, he is the son of painters William and Mary Scott. He studied painting and theatre design at the Slade School of Fine Art in London during the early 1960s.

Scott began directing films while a student and went on to make artist documentaries, experimental shorts and features. His short *A Shocking Accident* (1982) won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He directed the *Inspector Morse* episode 'The Last Enemy' (1989) and the feature *Strike It Rich* (1990). Later in his career he returned to painting and printmaking.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, james-scott.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Inspector Morse* (1987), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Fragments* (2020), Director
- *Strike It Rich* (1990), Director, Writer
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *Getting Even: A Wimp's Revenge* (1986), Director
- *Every Picture Tells a Story* (1984), Director
- *A Shocking Accident* (1982), Screenplay, Director
- *Chance, History, Art...* (1980), Director
- *Coilin and Platonida* (1976), Director
- *The Nightcleaners* (1975), Director
- *Adult Fun* (1972), Writer, Director
- *The Great Ice-Cream Robbery* (1971), Director
- *Richard Hamilton* (1969), Director
- *Love's Presentation* (1968), Director
- *R.B. Kitaj* (1967), Cinematography, Editor, Director
- *In Separation* (1965), Director
- *The Rocking Horse* (1962), Director

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