James L. Edwards

James L. Edwards memulai karir aktingnya pada usia 12 tahun ketika dia menjawab iklan di surat kabar lokalnya tentang panggilan casting untuk tambahan zombie dalam film horor beranggaran rendah "The Dead Next Door". Saat itu, dia tertarik untuk menjadi penata rias efek khusus. Edwards segera mengetahui bahwa meskipun dia tidak memiliki bakat artistik dalam bidang efek, dia menikmati akting dan banyak aspek lain dari pekerjaan produksi. Dipekerjakan dalam film tersebut sebagai asisten produksi dan tampil dalam berbagai peran dalam peran zombie atau korban, Edwards segera menjadi aktor stabil dan anggota tim produksi untuk Tempe Entertainment. Saat bekerja dengan Tempe, Edwards juga menjadi kepala penulis review di majalah Alternative Cinema mereka, serta menulis lepas untuk Blackest Heart. Selama waktu ini, Edwards juga berperan sebagai penulis skenario bersama di Psycho Sisters karya Pete Jacelone, sebuah film yang ironisnya dia mendapatkan pekerjaan itu karena dia menulis ulasan pedas terhadap film asli Jacelone. Selain itu, selama ini, Edwards menampilkan penampilannya yang paling berkesan sebagai pembunuh berantai dalam film horor Matthew Jason Walsh "Bloodletting". Tak lama setelah perpecahan Tempe, Edwards mengambil cuti untuk menikah dan memiliki anak, menjalani kehidupan "normal" sampai ia didekati oleh pembuat film T. Michael Conway, sutradara drama polisi "PiG". Conway sedang bersiap-siap untuk melakukan praproduksi film horor realitas berjudul "9 Juni". Edwards, bersemangat untuk kembali ke dunia film, diangkat sebagai produser dan aktor. Edwards menindaklanjuti "9 Juni" dengan serangkaian fitur independen seperti "The Spook Show", "Poison Sweethearts", "Wrestlemassacre" dan "Killer Campout", yang juga ia tulis bersama. Pada bulan Februari 2020, Edwards merilis debut penyutradaraannya, drama romantis/horor hybrid HER NAME WAS CHRISTA yang dibintangi Shianne Daye, Drew Fortier, Rick Jermain, Kaylee Williams dan Edwards. Pada tahun 2021, Edwards merilis upaya penyutradaraan lanjutannya, antologi horor BRIMSTONE INCORPORATED.

James L. Edwards began his acting career at the age of 12 when he answered an ad in his local newspaper about a casting call for zombie extras in the low budget horror film "The Dead Next Door". At the time, he was interested in coming aboard as a special effects make-up artist. Edwards soon learned that although he did not have the artistic knack for effects, he enjoyed acting and many other facets of production work. Hired on to the film as a production assistant and featured in multiple roles in zombie or victims roles, Edwards soon became a stable actor and production team member for Tempe Entertainment. While working with Tempe, Edwards was also head review writer on their Alternative Cinema magazine, as well as writing freelance for Blackest Heart. During this time, Edwards also served as co-screenwriter on Pete Jacelone's Psycho Sisters, a film in which he ironically got the job because he wrote a scathing review of Jacelone's original. Also, during this time, Edwards turned in his most memorable performance as a serial killer in the Matthew Jason Walsh horror film "Bloodletting". Shortly after the Tempe split, Edwards took time off to get married and have kids, living a "normal" life until he was approached by filmmaker T. Michael Conway, director of the gritty cop drama "PiG". Conway was getting ready to go into pre-production on a reality horror film entitled "June 9". Edwards, excited to get back to film, came aboard as producer and actor. Edwards followed up "June 9" with a string of independent features such as "The Spook Show", "Poison Sweethearts", "Wrestlemassacre" and "Killer Campout" , which he also co-wrote. In February of 2020, Edwards released his directorial debut, the romantic drama/horror hybrid HER NAME WAS CHRISTA starring Shianne Daye, Drew Fortier, Rick Jermain, Kaylee Williams and Edwards. In 2021, Edwards released his follow-up directing effort, the horror anthology BRIMSTONE INCORPORATED.