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name: "James Spinney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-spinney"
fi1m_id: "james-spinney"
imdb_id: "nm4519461"
tmdb_id: 1362645
wikidata_id: "Q24635203"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-02T23:32:23.211969+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 Spinney

## Identity

James Spinney

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-spinney
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-spinney
- **IMDb ID:** nm4519461
- **TMDB ID:** 1362645
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24635203
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24635203, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4519461/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1362645

Producer and director.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24635203, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4519461/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1362645

## Biography

James Spinney is a British director, writer, composer and producer. He co-directed, co-wrote and produced the documentary *Notes on Blindness* (2016) with Peter Middleton. The film draws on the audio diaries of theologian John M. Hull and uses lip-synching actors to recreate his experiences of blindness.

Spinney and Middleton first explored the material in a series of short films, including *Notes on Blindness: Rainfall* (2013) and a 2014 short that won an Emmy Award. Their feature premiered at Sundance and received BAFTA nominations for Best British Film, Best Documentary and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. Spinney later co-directed and co-wrote the documentary *The Real Charlie Chaplin* (2021).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Notes on Blindness* (2016), Fi1m 80, Producer, Writer, Director, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-blindness.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Murewa* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Apollo 13: Survival* (2024), Executive Producer, Original Music Composer
- *This Is Endometriosis* (2022), Producer
- *The Real Charlie Chaplin* (2021), Writer, Director, Producer
- *Hands Up, Chin Down* (2018), Producer, Original Music Composer
- *Four Weddings* (2018), Producer
- *Landline* (2018), Producer, Original Music Composer
- *Radio H* (2016), Director, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer
- *Notes on Blindness* (2016), Director, Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-blindness.md)
- *Dear Araucaria* (2015), Producer, Original Music Composer
- *Notes on Blindness* (2014), Director, Writer
- *Notes on Blindness: Rainfall* (2013), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Wavelengths* (2011), Director
- *Audiobook* (2010), Director, Editor

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