
James Vaughan
Directing
- Born
- October 1, 1989 (age 37) · Sydney, Australia
James Vaughan (born 1989, Sydney) is an Australian independent screenwriter, director, editor and artist. His short film You Like It, I Love It (2013) screened in competition at Berlinale, Clermont-Ferrand, and Melbourne International Film Festival, where he received the Swinburne Award for Emerging Australian Filmmaker. Vaughan's feature debut Friends and Strangers (2021) was the first Australian film to feature in Rotterdam International Film Festival's Tiger Competition. The film went on to screen at New Directors / New Films, Viennale and Jeonju International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Special Jury Prize.
Known for
Behind the camera8
- 2024A Grand Mockery Editor
- 2022Friends and Strangers Screenplay, Editor, Director
- 2020A Delicate Fire Editor
- 2018Under the Cover of Cloud Editor
- 2014Heading North Director, Editor, Screenplay
- 2014There Is No Such Thing as a Jellyfish Writer
- 2013You Like It, I Love It Director, Writer, Editor
- TBAPlain Pleasures Editor





