James Scanlan

James Michael Patrick Scanlan was born and raised in Cork City, Ireland. He grew up living with his mother, aunt, nana and granddad. From a very young age, James's mother videotaped his families life, it is there that he fell in love with cameras. James always loved making videos using the old video recorder with his granddad, but it wasn't until 2010 that James owned his first camera, the same year he discovered YouTube. From there James has gone on to study film, start his own production company "Scan Productions" and written, directed and produced many short films. James's first short film he wrote and directed was "Manners", the same year he produced and shot "Smile". In late 2016 James released his second short film "Remembering Christmas". James his since gone on to study film full time in Dublin, Ireland.