James Kayler

Writer / Director

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Film, TV & Theatre

Film, TV & Theatre

James is a BAFTA nominated writer and director, his biggest love being comedy. 

James recently directed Catherine Tate's Netflix sitcom Hard Cell. 

He currently has a script optioned with Baby Cow productions called Pay & Display. He's currently pitching his latest projects Skipper to production companies and his beach based sitcom Lifeguards to channels. 

James is the resident director for Comic Relief and Children in Need sketches and has had the pleasure of directing great talent including Stephen Fry, Romesh Ranganathan, Mel & Sue, Harry Hill, Jimmy Carr, Asim Chaudhry, Rosie Jones, Tom Davis, Judi Love, Daniel Craig, David Walliams and Matt Lucas and in a true career highlight he once filmed the Cheeky Girls opening a Pound Land.

Hard Cell

In Development

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A STORY

2024

Co-Writer

SKIPPER

2023

Co-writer

RESIDENTS GROUP

2023

Co-writer

WELL HUNG

2023

Co-writer

Television

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NEE NAW

2024

Emanata Studios

Co-Writer

COMIC RELIEF SKETCHES

2024

BBC Studios

Writer & Director

LAST ONE LAUGHING

2024

Zeppotron

Director

LORD SNOOTY

2024

Emanata Studios

Co-Writer

CHILDREN IN NEED SKETCHES

2024

BBC Studios

Writer & Director

FLOORED

2024

Objective Fiction

Co-Writer

COMIC RELIEF SKETCHES

2023

BBC Studios

Writer & Director

CHILDREN IN NEED SKETCHES

2023

BBC Studios

Writer & Director

PAY & DISPLAY

2023

Baby Cow

Co-Writer

COMIC RELIEF

2022

BBC Studios

Writer & Director

CHILDREN IN NEED

2022

BBC Studios

Writer & Director

LIFEGUARDS

2022

Burning Reel

Writer & Director

HARD CELL

2021

Leopard Pictures

Director

COMIC RELIEF SKETCHES

2021

BBC Studios BBC1

Writer & Director

SPORT RELIEF SKETCHES

2020

BBC Studios BBC1

Writer & Director

CHILDREN IN NEED SKETCHES

2020

BBC Studios BBC1

Writer & Director

BIG NIGHT IN SKETCHES

2020

BBC Studios BBC1

Writer & Director