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James Steven Sadwith

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Director
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Jim Sadwith's TV movies, miniseries and drama series have won or been nominated for over thirty-five Emmy Awards and Golden Globes. He has been twice nominated for Emmys and won the Emmy for Best Direction with the miniseries "Sinatra." In addition Jim has twice been a DGA Award finalist and once a finalist for the Humanitas Award.

Several of his projects received special recognition. "In Broad Daylight" was singled out by TIME magazine as one of the ten best TV offerings of that year. His anthology series "Gun" was the premier show launching Trio Channel with its series "Brilliant But Cancelled." And the ABC-TV Hallmark Hall of Fame TV Movie "A Smile as Big as the Moon" was given a special award from The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences because of "its ability to inspire, inform, motivate and change lives."
BornOctober 20, 1952
BornOctober 20, 1952
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 8 wins & 6 nominations total

    Known for

    Coming Through the Rye (2015)
    Coming Through the Rye
    6.2
    • Producer
    • 2015
    Sinatra (1992)
    Sinatra
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    Baby M (1988)
    Baby M
    6.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Writer
    James Gandolfini in Gun (1997)
    Gun
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Producer

    Credits

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    Producer



    • Coming Through the Rye (2015)
      Coming Through the Rye
      6.2
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Life Is Wild (2007)
      Life Is Wild
      6.6
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2007–2008
    • Michelle Forbes, Billy Burke, Joelle Carter, Martin Donovan, Ted Levine, and Michael Jai White in Wonderland (2000)
      Wonderland
      7.4
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2000
    • Josh Hartnett, Mariska Hargitay, Angela Featherstone, Robert Pastorelli, and Robert Wisdom in Cracker: Mind Over Murder (1997)
      Cracker: Mind Over Murder
      6.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 1997–1999
    • James Gandolfini in Gun (1997)
      Gun
      6.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 1997
    • Who Is Julia? (1986)
      Who Is Julia?
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • associate producer
      • 1986
    • Two of a Kind (1982)
      Two of a Kind
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • associate producer
      • 1982

    Writer



    • Unscripted Lives
      • Writer
      • Completed
      • 2025



    • Coming Through the Rye (2015)
      Coming Through the Rye
      6.2
      • writer
      • 2015
    • Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Eric Bogosian, Julianne Nicholson, and Chris Noth in Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
      Law & Order: Criminal Intent
      7.6
      TV Series
      • written by (as James Sadwith)
      • 2010
    • Josh Hartnett, Mariska Hargitay, Angela Featherstone, Robert Pastorelli, and Robert Wisdom in Cracker: Mind Over Murder (1997)
      Cracker: Mind Over Murder
      6.1
      TV Series
      • teleplay (as James Sadwith)
      • 1997–1999
    • Gina Philips and Ken Olin in The Advocate's Devil (1997)
      The Advocate's Devil
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • teleplay (as James Sadwith)
      • 1997
    • James Gandolfini in Gun (1997)
      Gun
      6.0
      TV Series
      • teleplay
      • written by
      • creator
      • 1997
    • Harmful Intent (1993)
      Harmful Intent
      5.3
      TV Movie
      • teleplay (as Martha Weingartner)
      • 1993
    • Robert Urich and Dalton James in Crossroads (1992)
      Crossroads
      7.1
      TV Series
      • pilot
      • 1992–1993
    • 30 pros 1
      Short
      • writer
      • 1988
    • Baby M (1988)
      Baby M
      6.3
      TV Mini Series
      • written by
      • 1988
    • Bluffing It (1987)
      Bluffing It
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • Writer (as James Sadwith)
      • 1987
    • Murder Ordained (1987)
      Murder Ordained
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • teleplay (as James Sadwith)
      • 1987
    • Who Is Julia? (1986)
      Who Is Julia?
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • Writer (as James S. Sadwith)
      • 1986
    • Tales from the Darkside (1983)
      Tales from the Darkside
      7.4
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1984–1985
    • Two of a Kind (1982)
      Two of a Kind
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Writer (as James Sadwith)
      • 1982

    Director



    • Unscripted Lives
      • Director (directed by)
      • Completed
      • 2025



    • Coming Through the Rye (2015)
      Coming Through the Rye
      6.2
      • Director
      • 2015
    • A Smile as Big as the Moon (2012)
      A Smile as Big as the Moon
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Untitled Allan Loeb Project
      4.9
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Life Is Wild (2007)
      Life Is Wild
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director (as Jim Sadwith)
      • 2007–2008
    • Waterfront (2006)
      Waterfront
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Elvis (2005)
      Elvis
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2005
    • John Stamos and Melissa George in Thieves (2001)
      Thieves
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Josh Hartnett, Mariska Hargitay, Angela Featherstone, Robert Pastorelli, and Robert Wisdom in Cracker: Mind Over Murder (1997)
      Cracker: Mind Over Murder
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1997
    • James Gandolfini in Gun (1997)
      Gun
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1997
    • Sinatra (1992)
      Sinatra
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 1992
    • Deadly Intentions... Again? (1991)
      Deadly Intentions... Again?
      5.1
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1991
    • Brian Dennehy in In Broad Daylight (1991)
      In Broad Daylight
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1991
    • Baby M (1988)
      Baby M
      6.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 1988
    • Bluffing It (1987)
      Bluffing It
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • Director (as James Sadwith)
      • 1987
    • Tales from the Darkside (1983)
      Tales from the Darkside
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1984–1985

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    • Alternative names
      • James S. Sadwith
    • Born
      • October 20, 1952
      • USA
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      Prior to attending USC, Sadwith was the only full-time veterinarian on Martha's Vineyard (1977-78) after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.

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