Steve James

Born March 8, 1958· Hampton, Virginia, USA

27Filmography★ 6.9Average rating

Steve James is an American film producer and director of several documentaries, including the award-winning Hoop Dreams and Stevie. He is also the director of the 1997 feature film Prefontaine. His newest film, The Interrupters, a portrayal of a year inside the lives of former gang members in Chicago who now intervene in violent conflicts, will be released in 2011 after premiering at the Sundance… Read more

Known for

Life Itself2014Hoop Dreams1994Prefontaine1997Abacus: Small Enough to Jail2017

Filmography

YearRating

Features 22

★ 7.6

Hoop Dreams1994

★ 7.5

Life Itself2014

Series★ 7.5

30 for 302009

Series★ 8.4

America to Me2018

Series★ 8.2

City So Real2020

Series★ 7.6

Storyville1997

★ 7

Stevie2003

★ 7

We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss2014

★ 6.9

No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson2010

★ 6.9

Head Games2012

★ 6.7

Reel Paradise2005

★ 6.2

A Compassionate Spy2022

★ 6.8

The Interrupters2011

★ 6

Passing Glory1999

★ 6.7

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail2017

★ 5.3

At the Death House Door2008

★ 6.6

Prefontaine1997

★ 5.1

Joe and Max2002

Series

The Luckiest Guy in the World2023

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas2012

The New Americans2003

Mind vs/+ Machine: The Human Story of A.I.

Series

Mind vs/+ Machine: The Human Story of A.I.-

Short films 5

★ 9

Grassroots Chicago1991

★ 6

Life After Hoop Dreams2015

A Place Called Pluto2014

A Place Called Pluto2014

Higher Goals1992

Higher Goals1992

The Value of Work

The Value of Work-

Also in front of the camera

The roles they played on screen.

All on-screen roles

★ 7.1

Heartbeats2010

★ 7.6

Hoop Dreams1994