---
name: "Jim Charleston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-charleston"
fi1m_id: "jim-charleston"
imdb_id: "nm0153191"
tmdb_id: 1214042
wikidata_id: "Q47532389"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T12:20:20.046210+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."
---

# Jim Charleston

## Identity

Jim Charleston

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-charleston
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-charleston
- **IMDb ID:** nm0153191
- **TMDB ID:** 1214042
- **Wikidata ID:** Q47532389
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47532389, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153191/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214042

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1990–1995
- **Also known as:** James Charleston
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Nimoy](https://film.one/person/adam-nimoy.md), [Carol Banker](https://film.one/person/carol-banker.md), [Channing Gibson](https://film.one/person/channing-gibson.md), [Charles Haid](https://film.one/person/charles-haid.md), [Charles H. Eglee](https://film.one/person/charles-h-eglee.md), [Daniel Sackheim](https://film.one/person/daniel-sackheim.md), [David Milch](https://film.one/person/david-milch.md), [Donna Deitch](https://film.one/person/donna-deitch.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as director, over 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47532389, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153191/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214042

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84)

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## Biography

Jim Charleston is a television director, also credited as James Charleston. He began his career in the late 1970s and early 1980s as a production assistant and second assistant director on films such as *Tourist Trap* (1979) and *No Way Out* (1987), and on the series *Hill Street Blues*.

He has directed episodes of many series, including four of *The X-Files* (1996–1997), one of *Star Trek: Enterprise* (2002), 26 of *Nash Bridges* (1998–2001), eight of *The District* (2001–2003), and one each of *Dawson's Creek* (1998), *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1995), *Sliders* (1995), *Millennium* (1996) and *The Pretender* (1996).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Murder One* (1995), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/murder-one.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Northern Exposure* (1990), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *The Truth About Emanuel* (2013), First Assistant Director
- *10-8: Officers on Duty* (2003), series, Director
- *Birds of Prey* (2002), series, Director
- *Star Trek: Enterprise* (2001), series, Director
- *The District* (2000), series, Director
- *V.I.P.* (1998), series, Director
- *The Net* (1998), series, Director
- *Legion of Fire: Killer Ants* (1998), Director
- *Dawson's Creek* (1998), series, Director
- *Prey* (1998), series, Director
- *Timecop* (1997), series, Director
- *Millennium* (1996), series, Director
- *Early Edition* (1996), series, Director
- *Dark Skies* (1996), series, Director
- *The Pretender* (1996), series, Director
- *FX: The Series* (1996), series, Director
- *Fire Co. 132* (1996), series, Director
- *Profit* (1996), series, Director
- *Nash Bridges* (1996), series, Director
- *Space: Above and Beyond* (1995), series, Director
- *American Gothic* (1995), series, Director
- *Murder One* (1995), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/murder-one.md)
- *Strange Luck* (1995), series, Director
- *Deadly Games* (1995), series, Director
- *Sliders* (1995), series, Director
- *VR.5* (1995), series, Director
- *Earth 2* (1994), series, Director
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, Director
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, Director
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, Director
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Northern Exposure* (1990), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)
- *No Way Out* (1987), Second Assistant Director
- *Hell Night* (1981), Second Assistant Director

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