James Bearhart

James Bearhart is an LA-based independent filmmaker and graduate of AFI (SCR 2022).

A Sloan screenplay winner and fellow for his script 'Kokoro' about a dysfunctional Irish family, he also won a Sloan grant through the prestigious SFFilm Development Fund for his pitch 'Visible' on the life-changing discovery a scientist makes when she comes across a frog that can turn invisible. As a Sloan fellow, he has been invited to many events, including the National Academy of Sciences writers-retreat, where he was paired with a Quantum physicist (and consultant for Ant-Man) to develop a script in real-time.

His directorial debut, 'Woman's Best Friend', a silent comedy about a woman's consistent bad taste in men, won several awards.
He recently directed a film version of his original play, 'Living in Sin', an anthology on the Seven Deadly Sins.

Learn more at www.bearhartfilm.com