James Ridgley

James Ridgley grew up as a latchkey kid in West Los Angeles attending IPS a program within University High School an highly experimental learning environment which involved Landmark training and other therapy type instruction Also where he attended a Metaphysics class which lead to an actual one time telepathic communication from his teacher from across the city This would later affect his current screenwriting efforts in the Spiritual DramaDramedy genre Perhaps a just made up genre That same year in High School he started his career performing a ComedyJuggling act around the world working 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 StandUp in the 80s and 90s and dabbled in screenwriting While the screenplay DC DOG got him noticed along with a 2nd Place standing in Kodaks Short Script Film Awards for his original script Where Life Begins it didnt 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 In between he writes and directs his own projects and has a slew of Screenplays ready to market