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In 1997, James directed the feature film <i><a href="/wiki/Prefontaine_(film)" title="Prefontaine (film)">Prefontaine</a></i> followed by the TV movies <i>Passing Glory</i> and <i>Joe and Max</i>. His next documentary film <a href="/wiki/Stevie_(2002_film)" title="Stevie (2002 film)"><i>Stevie</i></a> was released in 2002. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Interrupters_(film)" title="The Interrupters (film)">The Interrupters</a></i>, a portrayal of a year inside the lives of former gang members in Chicago who now intervene in violent conflicts, was released in 2011 after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. The film was his sixth feature length collaboration with his long-time filmmaking home, the non-profit Chicago production studio <a href="/wiki/Kartemquin_Films" title="Kartemquin Films">Kartemquin Films</a>. To date, James has had nine films or docuseries premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. </p><p>In 2016, James directed <i><a href="/wiki/Abacus:_Small_Enough_to_Jail" title="Abacus: Small Enough to Jail">Abacus: Small Enough to Jail</a></i>, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and went on to be nominated for an Academy Award, James' second nomination. </p><p>Much of James' work is centered in the Chicago area. Besides <i>Hoop Dreams</i>, such works include the film <a href="/wiki/Life_Itself_(2014_film)" title="Life Itself (2014 film)"><i>Life Itself</i></a> on the life of film critic <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a>, and the docuseries, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Americans" title="The New Americans">The New Americans</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/America_to_Me" title="America to Me">America to Me</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/City_So_Real" title="City So Real">City So Real</a></i>. James has directed several other documentaries focusing on sports, among them <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> <i><a href="/wiki/30_for_30" title="30 for 30">30 for 30</a></i> films <i><a href="/wiki/No_Crossover:_The_Trial_of_Allen_Iverson" title="No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson">No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson</a></i> and <i>The Luckiest Guy in the World</i>, a biography of legendary basketball player <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influences">Influences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_James_(film_producer)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Influences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He is a graduate of <a href="/wiki/James_Madison_University" title="James Madison University">James Madison University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His work, he tells journalist <a href="/wiki/Robert_K._Elder" title="Robert K. Elder">Robert K. Elder</a> in an interview for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Film_That_Changed_My_Life" title="The Film That Changed My Life">The Film That Changed My Life</a></i>, was strongly influenced by the film <i><a href="/wiki/Harlan_County,_USA" title="Harlan County, USA">Harlan County, USA</a></i>: </p> <blockquote><p>There've been many documentaries over the years that have powerfully impacted me. I think this one came along at the time when I was more interested in being a feature filmmaker than a documentary filmmaker. So it came along at the beginning of a process of moving from an interest in feature film to documentaries, and that's where my career has taken me. It came along at the right time for me. It helped me see, "Ah, this is more what I want to do."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>James pulls influence from the original definition of the term <a href="/wiki/Cin%C3%A9ma_v%C3%A9rit%C3%A9" title="Cinéma vérité">cinéma vérité</a> as it applies to the Rouch/Morin method of filmmaking. As with Rouch and Morin, the "people on camera and we in the audience are continually reminded that a film is being made, that we are watching a film." We are reminded through James' presence on screen as well as his cinematic editing techniques, in order to obtain what he believes is a more accurate depiction of truth.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also was influenced by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Altman" title="Robert Altman">Robert Altman</a>'s 1975 film <i><a href="/wiki/Nashville_(film)" title="Nashville (film)">Nashville</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_James_(film_producer)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Stop Substance Abuse</i>, 1986</li> <li><i>Grassroots Chicago</i>, 1991 (with Kartemquin Films)</li> <li><i>Higher Goals</i>, 1993 (with Kartemquin Films)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hoop_Dreams" title="Hoop Dreams">Hoop Dreams</a></i>, 1994 (with Kartemquin Films)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prefontaine_(film)" title="Prefontaine (film)">Prefontaine</a></i>, 1997</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Passing_Glory" title="Passing Glory">Passing Glory</a></i>, 1999 (TV)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joe_and_Max" title="Joe and Max">Joe and Max</a></i>, 2002 (TV)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stevie_(2002_film)" title="Stevie (2002 film)">Stevie</a></i>, 2002 (with Kartemquin Films)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Americans" title="The New Americans">The New Americans</a></i>, 2004 (executive producer, Nigerian story director) (with Kartemquin Films)</li> <li><i>Reel Paradise</i>, 2005</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_War_Tapes" title="The War Tapes">The War Tapes</a></i>, 2006 (producer)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Death_House_Door" title="At the Death House Door">At the Death House Door</a></i>, 2008 (with Kartemquin Films)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No_Crossover:_The_Trial_of_Allen_Iverson" title="No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson">No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson</a></i>, 2010 (ESPN 30 for 30 film) (with Kartemquin Films)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Interrupters_(film)" title="The Interrupters (film)">The Interrupters</a></i>, 2011 (with Kartemquin Films)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Head_Games_(film)" title="Head Games (film)">Head Games</a></i>, 2012</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Life_Itself_(2014_film)" title="Life Itself (2014 film)">Life Itself</a></i>, 2014 (with Kartemquin Films)</li> <li><i>Lucky</i>, 2014<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Abacus:_Small_Enough_to_Jail" title="Abacus: Small Enough to Jail">Abacus: Small Enough to Jail</a></i>, 2016 (with Kartemquin Films)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/America_to_Me" title="America to Me">America to Me</a></i>, 2018<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (with Kartemquin Films)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/City_So_Real" title="City So Real">City So Real</a></i>, 2020</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Compassionate_Spy" title="A Compassionate Spy">A Compassionate Spy</a></i>, 2022 (with Kartemquin Films)</li> <li><i>The Luckiest Guy in the World</i>, 2023 (ESPN 30 for 30 docuseries)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_James_(film_producer)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hoop_Dreams" title="Hoop Dreams">Hoop Dreams</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prefontaine_(film)" title="Prefontaine (film)">Prefontaine</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Passing_Glory" title="Passing Glory">Passing Glory</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joe_and_Max" title="Joe and Max">Joe and Max</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stevie_(2002_film)" title="Stevie (2002 film)">Stevie</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Death_House_Door" title="At the Death House Door">At the Death House Door</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No_Crossover:_The_Trial_of_Allen_Iverson" title="No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson">No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Interrupters_(film)" title="The Interrupters (film)">The Interrupters</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Head_Games_(film)" title="Head Games 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Kartemquin_Films" title="Template:Kartemquin Films"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Kartemquin_Films" title="Template talk:Kartemquin Films"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Kartemquin_Films" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Kartemquin Films"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Kartemquin_Films41" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Kartemquin_Films" title="Kartemquin Films">Kartemquin Films</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Documentaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Home_for_Life" title="Home for Life">Home for Life</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inquiring_Nuns" title="Inquiring Nuns">Inquiring Nuns</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chicago_Maternity_Center_Story" title="The Chicago Maternity Center Story">The Chicago Maternity Center Story</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Pullman_Car" title="The Last Pullman Car">The Last Pullman Car</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Chain" title="Taylor Chain">Taylor Chain</a></i> (1980 & 1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hoop_Dreams" title="Hoop Dreams">Hoop Dreams</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vietnam,_Long_Time_Coming" title="Vietnam, Long Time Coming">Vietnam, Long Time Coming</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Golub_(film)" title="Golub (film)">Golub</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/5_Girls" title="5 Girls">5 Girls</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stevie_(2002_film)" title="Stevie (2002 film)">Stevie</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Refrigerator_Mothers" title="Refrigerator Mothers">Refrigerator Mothers</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Americans" title="The New Americans">The New Americans</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Terra_Incognita:_The_Perils_and_Promise_of_Stem_Cell_Research" title="Terra Incognita: The Perils and Promise of Stem Cell Research">Terra Incognita: The Perils and Promise of Stem Cell Research</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Death_House_Door" title="At the Death House Door">At the Death House Door</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Family_(2008_film)" title="In the Family (2008 film)">In the Family</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Milking_the_Rhino" title="Milking the Rhino">Milking the Rhino</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Typeface_(film)" title="Typeface (film)">Typeface</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_Her_Past" title="Prisoner of Her Past">Prisoner of Her Past</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No_Crossover:_The_Trial_of_Allen_Iverson" title="No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson">No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Good_Man_(2011_film)" title="A Good Man (2011 film)">A Good Man</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Interrupters_(film)" title="The Interrupters (film)">The Interrupters</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_Goes_Janesville" title="As Goes Janesville">As Goes Janesville</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Trials_of_Muhammad_Ali" title="The Trials of Muhammad Ali">The Trials of Muhammad Ali</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/American_Arab_(film)" title="American Arab (film)">American Arab</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Homestretch_(2014_film)" title="The Homestretch (2014 film)">The Homestretch</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Life_Itself_(2014_film)" title="Life Itself (2014 film)">Life Itself</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Almost_There_(film)" title="Almost There (film)">Almost There</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_School_Project" title="The School Project">The School Project</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/On_Beauty_(film)" title="On Beauty (film)">On Beauty</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saving_Mes_Aynak" title="Saving Mes Aynak">Saving Mes Aynak</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Game" title="In the Game">In the Game</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hard_Earned&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hard Earned (page does not exist)">Hard Earned</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Raising_Bertie" title="Raising Bertie">Raising Bertie</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unbroken_Glass" title="Unbroken Glass">Unbroken Glass</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Abacus:_Small_Enough_to_Jail" title="Abacus: Small Enough to Jail">Abacus: Small Enough to Jail</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stranded_by_the_State&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stranded by the State (page does not exist)">Stranded by the State</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Edith%2BEddie" title="Edith+Eddie">Edith+Eddie</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_the_Queen%27s_Horses_(film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All the Queen's Horses (film) (page does not exist)">All the Queen's Horses</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Keep_Talking_(film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keep Talking (film) (page does not exist)">Keep Talking</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=%2763_Boycott&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="'63 Boycott (page does not exist)">'63 Boycott</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Minding_the_Gap" title="Minding the Gap">Minding the Gap</a></i> (2018)</li> 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Kopple" title="Barbara Kopple">Barbara Kopple</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Berlinger_and_Bruce_Sinofsky" title="Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky">Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Kopple" title="Barbara Kopple">Barbara Kopple</a> (1993)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Steve James</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Zwigoff" title="Terry Zwigoff">Terry Zwigoff</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Pacino" title="Al Pacino">Al Pacino</a> (1996)</li> <li>Michael Uys and Lexy Lovell (1997)</li> <li>Jerry Blumenthal, Peter Gilbert, and <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Quinn" title="Gordon Quinn">Gordon Quinn</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanette_Burstein" title="Nanette Burstein">Nanette Burstein</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brett_Morgen" title="Brett Morgen">Brett Morgen</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Braverman" title="Charles Braverman">Charles Braverman</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hegedus" title="Chris Hegedus">Chris Hegedus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jehane_Noujaim" title="Jehane Noujaim">Jehane Noujaim</a> (2001)</li> <li>Tasha Oldham (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Kahn" title="Nathaniel Kahn">Nathaniel Kahn</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byambasuren_Davaa" title="Byambasuren Davaa">Byambasuren Davaa</a> and Luigi Falorni (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werner_Herzog" title="Werner Herzog">Werner Herzog</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ar%C5%ABnas_Matelis" title="Arūnas Matelis">Arūnas Matelis</a> (2006)</li> <li>Asger Leth (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ari_Folman" title="Ari Folman">Ari Folman</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louie_Psihoyos" title="Louie Psihoyos">Louie Psihoyos</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Ferguson_(filmmaker)" title="Charles Ferguson (filmmaker)">Charles Ferguson</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Marsh_(director)" title="James Marsh (director)">James Marsh</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malik_Bendjelloul" title="Malik Bendjelloul">Malik Bendjelloul</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehane_Noujaim" title="Jehane Noujaim">Jehane Noujaim</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Poitras" title="Laura Poitras">Laura Poitras</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Heineman" title="Matthew Heineman">Matthew Heineman</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezra_Edelman" title="Ezra Edelman">Ezra Edelman</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Heineman" title="Matthew Heineman">Matthew Heineman</a> (2017)</li> <li>Tim Wardle (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Bognar" title="Steven Bognar">Steven Bognar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Julia_Reichert" title="Julia Reichert">Julia Reichert</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Dweck" title="Michael Dweck">Michael Dweck</a> and Gregory Kershaw (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Nelson_Jr." title="Stanley Nelson Jr.">Stanley Nelson Jr.</a> 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