JAMES CORLEY
James 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 adaptation of Merle Miller’s seminal 1971 essay, What It Meants to Be a Homosexual was produced (as What It Means) by The Lot Productions at Wilton’s Music Hall in October 2023, starring Richard Cant.
For screen, his work includes the award-winning short film, The Scene, which premiered at the BFI Flare LGBTQI festival 2020 and was shortlisted for the Iris Prize Best British Short 2020. His third short film, Bone by Bone has also recently been produced.
James is committed to showing LGBT+ lives in all his work. He also teaches playwriting and acting for adults with autism at Community Focus in North London, and is a BAFTA Connect member for 2023.
