Portrait of James Nguyen

Directing

James Nguyen

Career

Active from 2003 to 2024, busiest in 2022 with 2 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score21/100
Highest rated
Poster for Birdemic 2: The Resurrection
Birdemic 2: The Resurrection
GoodWatch score23/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 2.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 3.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 2.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 2.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
James Nguyen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    1.5, average 4.9
  • Catharsis
    2.3, average 5.1
  • Social Commentary
    2.3, average 4.9
  • Nostalgia
    1.3, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • So-Bad-It's-Good 3
  • Cult Film 2
  • Amateur Filmmaking 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

12
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Sea Rising: Mavericks
Sea Rising: Mavericks

Director of Photography, Writer

Birdemic: The Musical
Birdemic: The Musical

Director, Writer

2020s

4 titles ยท average score 20
Miracle Tree
Miracle Tree (2024)

Director

Climate Fix
Climate Fix (2023)

Writer, Producer

Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle
Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle (2022)
GoodWatch score 20

as Bar Guy (cameo)

Happy Holidays from James Nguyen
Happy Holidays from James Nguyen (2022)

Producer, Director of Photography

2010s

4 titles ยท average score 22
Cosmic Beauty
Cosmic Beauty (2019)

Writer, Director

The Man with the Wooden Face
The Man with the Wooden Face (2017)

Director, Director of Photography

Birdemic 2: The Resurrection
Birdemic 2: The Resurrection (2013)
GoodWatch score 23

as Auteur walking out of Vietnamese restaurant

Birdemic: Shock and Terror
Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
GoodWatch score 21

as Patron looking at menu

2000s

2 titles ยท average score 21
Replica
Replica (2005)
GoodWatch score 22

Director, Art Direction

Julie & Jack
Julie & Jack (2003)
GoodWatch score 19

as Professor Tran