James Corley is a playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker. He grew up in East Anglia before moving to London to study acting at LAMDA.
His first play WORLD'S END closed the King's Head Theatre's Queer Season in 2019 and was voted Theatre Weekly’s No 1 Best Off West End Production of the year. His second play WHAT IT MEANS, based on Merle Miller's seminal 1971 essay WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HOMOSEXUAL, premiered at Wilton’s Music Hall in October 2023.
His award-winning short film THE SCENE premiered at the BFI Flare LGBTQI festival 2020, was shortlisted for the Iris Prize Best British Short 2020, and was nominated for Best Short Film/Best Director, winning Best Acting at the 2021 Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Awards. It went on to stream on All 4 for a year. His next short BONE BY BONE will be released in 2024.
James teaches playwriting and acting for adults with autism at Community Focus in North London, and is a BAFTA Connect member.