Natalie Erika James

Natalie Erika James

History

Natalie Erika James is a Japanese-Australian writer, director and producer, born in the USA and based in Melbourne, Australia. Her debut feature, RELIC, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in the Midnight program. RELIC stars Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote and Robyn Nevin, and is produced by Carver Films (SNOWTOWN, PARTISAN) & Nine Stories (Riva Marker, Jake Gyllenhaal), and supported by the Russo Brothers’ AGBO, Screen Australia and Film Victoria. Her 2016 short, CRESWICK, premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival, and was awarded the 2017 AWGIE Award for Best Short Form screenplay by the Australian Writer’s Guild.

Profile

Natalie Erika James
Natalie Erika James

Movies

Relic
Relic
Writer
When Edna—the elderly and widowed matriarch of the family—goes missing, her daughter and granddaughter travel to their remote family home to find her. Soon after her return, they start to discover a sinister presence haunting the house and taking control of Edna.
Relic
Relic
Director
When Edna—the elderly and widowed matriarch of the family—goes missing, her daughter and granddaughter travel to their remote family home to find her. Soon after her return, they start to discover a sinister presence haunting the house and taking control of Edna.
Drum Wave
Drum Wave
Writer
A young pianist confronts her fear of motherhood when she marries into a remote island community with bizarre fertility rituals.
Drum Wave
Drum Wave
Director
A young pianist confronts her fear of motherhood when she marries into a remote island community with bizarre fertility rituals.
Creswick
Creswick
Editor
Sam's fear of her childhood home is brought to light when her ageing father claims there is another presence in the house.
Creswick
Creswick
Producer
Sam's fear of her childhood home is brought to light when her ageing father claims there is another presence in the house.
Creswick
Creswick
Writer
Sam's fear of her childhood home is brought to light when her ageing father claims there is another presence in the house.
Creswick
Creswick
Director
Sam's fear of her childhood home is brought to light when her ageing father claims there is another presence in the house.
Burrow
Burrow
Screenplay
At a prestigious Beijing university, Weichen prepares for his first sexual encounter under the pressures of inflated expectation and nightmarish anxieties surrounding his mother. Set within the world of the post-'90s generation of Chinese youth, BURROW is a dark coming-of-age story about the paralyzing nature of self-doubt about the primal responses we have to our fear of failure.
Burrow
Burrow
Director
At a prestigious Beijing university, Weichen prepares for his first sexual encounter under the pressures of inflated expectation and nightmarish anxieties surrounding his mother. Set within the world of the post-'90s generation of Chinese youth, BURROW is a dark coming-of-age story about the paralyzing nature of self-doubt about the primal responses we have to our fear of failure.
Tritch
Tritch
Screenplay
In modern day Shanghai, a wealthy housewife’s life of luxury becomes increasingly disrupted by the presence of a young ghost.
Tritch
Tritch
Director
In modern day Shanghai, a wealthy housewife’s life of luxury becomes increasingly disrupted by the presence of a young ghost.
Apartment 7A
Apartment 7A
Writer
Premise kept under wraps.
Apartment 7A
Apartment 7A
Director
Premise kept under wraps.