Biography

Allan James(1934-2020)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Location Management
Production Manager

Allan James was born on 2 April 1934 in Ontario, Canada. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Superman (1978), Superman II (1980) and First Knight (1995). He died on 27 December 2020 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas, Jeff East, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, and Susannah York in Superman (1978)

Superman

7.4

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1978

Superman II

6.8

Location Management(uncredited)

1980

First Knight

6.0

Location Management

1995

Out of Africa

7.2

Location Management

1985

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

Silent Cradle
4.9
- first assistant director
- 1997
Cobra
6.4
TV Series
- first assistant director
- 1994
The Perfect Man
5.1
- first assistant director
- 1993
For the Moment
6.0
- first assistant director
- 1993
Where Is Parsifal?
4.9
- first assistant director
- 1984
The Return of the Soldier
6.7
- assistant director
- 1982
Bloodline
4.6
- assistant director: London
- 1979
Superman
7.4
- assistant director
- 1978
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
7.8
TV Movie
- first assistant director
- 1978
ITV Playhouse
7.0
TV Series
- assistant director
- 1977
The Littlest Horse Thieves
6.8
- assistant director
- 1976
The Naked Civil Servant
7.8
TV Movie
- assistant director
- 1975
Born Free
6.9
TV Series
- assistant director
- 1974
The Land That Time Forgot
5.6
- first assistant director
- 1974
The Little Prince
6.4
- first assistant director: Tunisia
- 1974

Location Management

First Knight
6.0
- location manager: Wales
- 1995
Chaplin
7.5
- location manager: Vevey
- 1992
Memphis Belle
6.9
- location manager
- 1990
Magic Moments
5.8
TV Movie
- location manager
- 1989
Gorillas in the Mist
7.0
- location manager: Kenya
- 1988
Mandela
6.5
TV Movie
- location manager
- 1987
Out of Africa
7.2
- location manager
- 1985
Dance with a Stranger
6.6
- location manager
- 1985
Top Secret!
7.2
- location manager
- 1984
The Sign of Four
6.3
TV Movie
- location manager (as Alan James)
- 1983
Princess Daisy
6.4
TV Mini Series
- location manager: Europe
- 1983
The Hound of the Baskervilles
6.5
TV Movie
- location manager (as Alan James)
- 1983
Privates on Parade
4.8
- location manager
- 1983
Loophole
6.1
- location manager
- 1981
Superman II
6.8
- location manager (uncredited)
- 1980