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James Helsing(I)

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James Helsing
James Helsing's interest in filmmaking blossomed as a pre-teen, when he drafted his friends into his home movies; 8mm camera in hand... "The Big Slope", "Earthquake Inferno" and "The Last Flight" (of the zeppelin Hindenburg - which he shot in the rafters of an old movie theatre) among his more prestigious original works!

After graduating with a B.A. in Theatre Arts from San Francisco State University (where he was named Artist of the Year by the Theatre Arts faculty), he headed to England as one of twenty students selected (from the 400 that auditioned from different continents) for the graduate program at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

He also won a spot in the intensive summer workshop at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where his classmates were Laura Dern and the late Dana Reeve.

Summer stock directing jobs also figured prominently: "Frankenstein", "Dracula", "Daisy Pulls It Off" and "Black Comedy" among his many credits.

He wrote, produced and directed the short film Modus Operandi (2014), the origins of the forthcoming feature thriller Modus Operandi.

In 2018 he made his feature film directing debut with Intuitions (2019) starring Eric Roberts, Linda Gray, René Mena, Vannessa Vasquez and Mike Manning, which enjoyed a healthy run on the festival circuit and picked up several trophies along the way... including three Best Director nominations for Helsing.

In 2022 he directed the independent LGBTQ horror/murder mystery feature Martinez, Margaritas and Murder!, which he also wrote. It stars René Mena, Nicholle Tom, Dyana Ortelli, Luis Jose Lopez, Gregory Zarian, Danny J. Gomez and Bonnie Aarons.

In 2023 he directs the small town murder mystery/horror feature Gruesome from his own screenplay. It is co-produced by and stars René Mena.
BornFebruary 19
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Poster design by Davewosik.com and Javier Dampierre
On the "Modus Operandi" short film set
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Between takes on the MODUS OPERANDI set.
Directing Reynaldo Pacheco on the MODUS OPERANDI set.
Filmmaker James Helsing with BAFTA and Emmy winner Dame Eileen Atkins in London, England.
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Director James Helsing at Richmond International Film Festival, where "Prescience" won the Audience Favorite Award for Best Picture
MODUS OPERANDI poster. Design by Seth M. Shulman.
James Helsing directing Reynaldo Pacheco in one of the 1888 Whitechapel sequences of MODUS OPERANDI.
With Francisco Pryor Garat on the MODUS OPERANDI set.

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Bonnie Aarons, Dyana Ortelli, Time Winters, Shamin Shukkoor, James Helsing, Al Coronel, Luis Jose Lopez, Gregory Zarian, Danny J. Gomez, Paul Nobrega, Nicky Endres, René Mena, and Eric Stanton Betts in Martinez, Margaritas and Murder!
Martinez, Margaritas and Murder!
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    Mike Manning, Vannessa Vasquez, and René Mena in Intuitions (2019)
    Intuitions
    3.7
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    • 2019
    Gruesome
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      Modus Operandi
      Modus Operandi
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        Director

        • Martinez, Margaritas and Murder!
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          • Post-production
        • Modus Operandi
          • Director
          • In Development
        • Mike Manning, Vannessa Vasquez, and René Mena in Intuitions (2019)
          Intuitions
          • Director
          • 2019
        • Modus Operandi (2014)
          Modus Operandi
          • Director
          • Short
          • 2014

        Writer

        • Martinez, Margaritas and Murder!
          • Writer
          • Post-production
        • Modus Operandi
          • Writer
          • In Development
        • Bedlam Between Bridges
          • Writer
          • In Development
        • Mike Manning, Vannessa Vasquez, and René Mena in Intuitions (2019)
          Intuitions
          • co-writer
          • 2019
        • Modus Operandi (2014)
          Modus Operandi
          • Writer
          • Short
          • 2014

        Producer

        • Martinez, Margaritas and Murder!
          • executive producer, producer
          • Post-production
        • Modus Operandi
          • producer
          • In Development
        • Modus Operandi (2014)
          Modus Operandi
          • executive producer
          • producer
          • production executive
          • Short
          • 2014
        • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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        • Born
          • February 19
          • Anaheim, California, USA
        • Other works
          Stage: Appeared in a production of "Oklahoma!". Also in cast: Melinda Clarke.

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          Alumnus of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, England.

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