James Huang(I)
- Actor
- Director
- Editor
James started his career in the 1990's in New York City in television and regional theatre. He relocated to Los Angeles in 2000 working steadily as an actor and filmmaker before he relocated during Covid-19 to Melbourne, Australia at the end of 2020. As a career actor and director, he created the Hollywood Actor Lab, a studio for actors where he has provided training and career guidance to hundreds of actors with classes, filmmaking and photography. In Australia he continues a three decades long acting career in film, television, commercials, print modeling and voice overs.
James was born and raised in New York City and attended high school and college in New Jersey. He was captain of his high school varsity football team, played lacrosse and wrestled, while learning taekwondo in the summers. At 17 a full financial-aid scholarship took him to Rutgers University where he majored in Theater and Cinema and also became a competitive 3rd degree black belt and captain of the taekwondo team. After graduating, his first job was as a resident actor at The George Street Playhouse. There, he met renowned Uta Hagen, who gave workshops to the actors during her last great performances of "Collected Stories". His training includes Rutgers University, The William Esper Studio, The Carter-Thor Studio, The Groundlings Improv Theater, Richard Waterhouse, Jonathan Slavin, and his favorite acting book is 'True and False' by David Mamet.
His feature film 'Starting from Scratch' was acquired and distributed worldwide after a successful film festival run. He wrote, directed, co-edited, co-produced and starred in the heartfelt romantic comedy. The movie won top honors of 'Best Film' at the DisOrient Film Festival of Oregon, 'Best Comedy' at the Asians on Film Festival in Los Angeles, 'Best Ensemble Cast' and 'Best Editing' at the Independent Filmmakers Showcase of Los Angeles, and 'Honorable Mention for Best Film' at the New Jersey Film Festival. Other career awards include a Best Actor trophy from the Stay Tuned TV Awards and a Prism award for directing. James is also an avid photographer and he completed the UCLA Extension Photography Certificate Program with straight A's.
James was born and raised in New York City and attended high school and college in New Jersey. He was captain of his high school varsity football team, played lacrosse and wrestled, while learning taekwondo in the summers. At 17 a full financial-aid scholarship took him to Rutgers University where he majored in Theater and Cinema and also became a competitive 3rd degree black belt and captain of the taekwondo team. After graduating, his first job was as a resident actor at The George Street Playhouse. There, he met renowned Uta Hagen, who gave workshops to the actors during her last great performances of "Collected Stories". His training includes Rutgers University, The William Esper Studio, The Carter-Thor Studio, The Groundlings Improv Theater, Richard Waterhouse, Jonathan Slavin, and his favorite acting book is 'True and False' by David Mamet.
His feature film 'Starting from Scratch' was acquired and distributed worldwide after a successful film festival run. He wrote, directed, co-edited, co-produced and starred in the heartfelt romantic comedy. The movie won top honors of 'Best Film' at the DisOrient Film Festival of Oregon, 'Best Comedy' at the Asians on Film Festival in Los Angeles, 'Best Ensemble Cast' and 'Best Editing' at the Independent Filmmakers Showcase of Los Angeles, and 'Honorable Mention for Best Film' at the New Jersey Film Festival. Other career awards include a Best Actor trophy from the Stay Tuned TV Awards and a Prism award for directing. James is also an avid photographer and he completed the UCLA Extension Photography Certificate Program with straight A's.
