James founded Featuristic with his business partner Julien Loeffler in 2016. He is a partner and producer at the company and in his capacity as Head of Development he oversees and curates everything on the Film, TV and Doc slate . He originally trained vocationally in acting & musical theatre, graduating in 2004. James performed across the UK in a diversity of leading roles including George in Of Mice and Men (UK Tour), John Proctor in The Crucible (Tour), one man show Fever Pitch based on Nick Hornby's best selling book (two No1 UK tours), he was Offie nominated for his Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, "Finally a Nathan Detroit who can sing" (Mark Shenton - The Stage) and originated many roles including Soldier in Our Ajax by Timberlake Wertenbaker (Our Country) at the Southwark Playhouse. He was chosen from thousands of actors to be part of the final 30 in the Old Vic New Voices 24 hour plays, where he made his West End debut, and went on to be a part of the ensemble in Sir Peter Hall's Pygmalion starring Michelle Dockery and Tim Pigott Smith at the same theatre. He later moved into writing, directing and producing for the stage, founding award winning theatre company Bruised Sky Productions, named as such, after the classic quote from Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) in Withnail & I - "Come on lads, let's get home. The sky's beginning to bruise, night must fall and we shall be forced to camp.". Here they produced multiple plays including new stage work from David Scinto the Oscar nominated writer of Sexy Beast. James then moved into film and television, firstly as an actor in such shows such as Chernobyl (HBO), Doctor Who (BBC), Cucumber (Ch4) and films such as Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Dir: Tim Burton) before moving into writing, directing and producing with music promos and short films which laid the foundation for his debut feature, mental health drama, Hi-Lo Joe (2017), his sophomore follow up, action/thriller Knuckledust (2020) and free running feature documentary Art of the Jump (2025). James is a family man who lives on the Kent coast with his wife, two young daughters and dog, Hudson.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Actor, producer, writer and director
- 15 on Motif · 21 credits in all
What are James Kermack's films like?
Across their 10 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Genres
Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Motif score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 8
Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 6
Grounded 6 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 5
A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 4
A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch James Kermack's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 15 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for James Kermack's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
21 credits, 15 with a Motif page.
Rain Catcher(2026)
Motif score: 74th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Bardot(2025)
Motif score: 75th percentile of all films
Salvable(2025)
Motif score: 58th percentile of all films
Cold Meat(2023)
Motif score: 19th percentile of all films
Silverback(2024)
Motif score: 84th percentile of all films
The Drowned (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)
Afghanistan(2023)
Motif score: 86th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Laurent Garnier: Off the Record (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)
Knuckledust(2020)
Motif score: 20th percentile of all films
Say Your Prayers(2020)
Motif score: 38th percentile of all films
Chernobyl(2019)
Motif score: 99th percentile of all shows
The Sonata(2018)
Motif score: 16th percentile of all films
Motif score: 50th percentile of all films
Motif score: 44th percentile of all films
Off Piste(2016)
Motif score: 14th percentile of all films
Motif score: 71st percentile of all filmsNeon (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)
Absolutely Anything(2015)
Motif score: 34th percentile of all filmsBreathe Deep (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Skag & Bone (not in the Motif catalog yet)
The Cliff (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles, 15 of them dated from 2015 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Sonata (2018)
Highest rated
Salvable (2025)
Most popular right now
Cold Meat (2023)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do James Kermack's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 42nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 15 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does James Kermack work with?
People who share at least 2 of James Kermack's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Julien Loeffler shares the most, 8.
Writers
- Andrew DesmondShared titles: Cold Meat (2023), The Sonata (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Desmond
Actors
- Kate DickieShared titles: Rain Catcher (2026), Knuckledust (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Kate Dickie
Producers
- Julien LoefflerShared titles: Rain Catcher (2026), Bardot (2025), Salvable (2025), Silverback (2024), Afghanistan (2023), Cold Meat (2023), Knuckledust (2020), The Sonata (2018)See all 8 shared titles with Julien Loeffler
- James Barton-SteelShared titles: Silverback (2024), Afghanistan (2023), Cold Meat (2023), Knuckledust (2020)See all 4 shared titles with James Barton-Steel
- Elora ThevenetShared titles: Bardot (2025), Salvable (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Elora Thevenet
- Emilie RobertShared titles: Cold Meat (2023), Knuckledust (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Emilie Robert