biography

“I love it when you see a story that you have crafted finally coming together and the collaborative way it does so"
James is a script writer, who has written a number of screenplays including, "In the Cold", "The Other Side", "Look what the cat dragged in", "Done Deal." "No Country No Sanctuary" and more recently "The Track Incident.." James and his team, have also produced a number of promotional (proof of concept) films to promote his screenplays. Located in Perth WA and with his creative partner Peter Wass, located in Newcastle, on the Eastern Coast of Australia,, the two can also provide film editing and original music scores .

Who is JAMES FALLON

Career

EARLY DAYS - ACTING SCHOOL - 1988 - 1990Attended "Unlimited Expressions", an Acting School in Sydney Australia with Josephine Lewis. In that period James studied; voice, mime, improvisation, creative writing and theatre production. After graduating, James produced a show at the “Fig Tree Theatre” in the grounds of N.S.W. University in Sydney. The show was a success with a full house.. Here James co-wrote and acted in a number of productions, including a musical comedy send up of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.. ACTING ROLES - SUBURBAN THEATRE SYDNEY - 1990 –1994Acted in various theatres around Sydney’s Eastern and Inner Western Suburbs including; Hunters Hill, Pagewood and Rozelle. Highlights included; lead in “Separate Tables” and playing a double lead role in Hunters Hill production of “The Lemon Tree. James also played the lead role in “The Summer of the 17th Doll” at Pagewood Theatre and various other roles during that period.

SCREENWRITING & CINEMATOGRAPHY YEARS 1996-2023

introduction to film
Besides running film festivals , James wrote, produced and directed six bodies of work including; "In the Cold" (co-written with partner Peter Wass), "The other side", "Look what the Cat Dragged in", "Done Deal", "No Country No Sanctuary and his latest "The Track Incident". The last 5 years have been spent writing and researching his screenplay "No Country No Sanctuary", this is a true story and set in 1998 during the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq. Here the central character (Bashir) an 18year old man, is framed for a murder that he did not commit. As retribution for not attending a Baath Party meeting, he is pinned for a murder that he did not commit. He flees Iraq and struggles to survive across 3 dangerous countries before finally being picked up by the UN and receiving a "one way ticket" to freedom. Recently James has been involved in writing an 6 part TV / Streaming series of "Done Deal - Capple Beach". This is a rewrite of the original screenplay of "Done Deal" and according to James is a more raunchier and edgy version of the first. "The Track Incident" is another screenplay from the HWP stable which takes a simple everyday travel incident and makes us question our humanity and how we view things.


CO PRODUCER - SYDNEY NEW VIDEO FESTIVAL - 1996-1999Over this 4 year period, James was Co-Director of the Sydney New Video Festival with his current HWP creative partner, Peter Wass. Here they managed all aspects of the short film festival hosted over various venues in Sydney Australia. The brief was short films of any length under 20 minutes that were less than 2 years old and had not been produced by major production companies and funding bodies. The competition was open in a number of categories including; animation, drama, comedy and original music and film.
Video pitch with Roger Ward (Fifi Mad Max 1) regarding "Done Deal Project.