James Ridgley

Personal Bio

James Ridgley began his career straight out of high school doing a comedy-juggling act at the Renaissance faire and later faires and also worked as an Opening Act for Ray Charles; Marilyn McCoo; worked with Penn and Teller, Pee Wee Herman, the late great Bill Hicks, Bob Saget and others. He performed Stand-Up in the 80’s and 90’s and beganscreenwriting. While the screenplay “DC DOG” got him noticed, along with a 2nd Place standing in Kodak’s Short Script Film Awards for his original script “Where Life Begins” it didn’t lead to production so he went to film school to learn the art himself. From this naive position he ended up with jobs in editorial and then mostly as a Production Sound Mixer, working with his favorite directors: Mark Pellington, Mike Mills, and Victor Salva. Finally he put his foot down to pursue his dream of directing his own screenplays, and has 2 completed feature films and 2 in the finishing process.