- James Scurlock
James Duncan Scurlock (born
September 15 ,1971 ) is an American director, producer,screenwriter andauthor . He has directed three documentaries.Born in
Seattle, Washington , James attended theWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania , studyingfinance , but left in his senior year without receiving a degree. While in college, he opened fourrestaurant s, which he sold in1994 . He then moved to Dallas, where he published a successful investingnewsletter titled "Restaurant Investor" and wrote freelance for severalmagazine s.In
2002 , Scurlock moved to Los Angeles, to pursue a career infilmmaking . His first documentary, "Parents of the Year " (2004), was featured in over 25film festival s and won numerous awards, including the Audience Award at theLos Angeles Film Festival and the Jury Awards at theAustin Film Festival , theUSA Film Festival and thePalm Springs Short Film Festival . "Parents of the Year" was bought byHBO and has been broadcast extensively on HBO Latino. Scurlock's second short, "Stumped! " (2005), follows three eccentric citizens who run againstArnold Schwarzenegger forGovernor of California . His first feature-length documentary was the critically-acclaimed "" (2006), which he also produced.Scurlock also wrote a major
book based on "Maxed Out". In conjunction with the global release of the film, his book, "Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders" (2006), was published through Scribner, a division ofSimon & Schuster .James Scurlock currently resides in
Santa Monica, California .External links
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* [http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=70382&cat=1 "Saipan Tribune" - "Filmmaker focuses camera on Hillblom"]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/04/PKGHDOBESK1.DTL&type=movies "San Francisco Chronicle" - "In debt up to our eyeballs"]
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