James Pratt(V)
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
James Pratt is an award-winning actor, director and former four-time Australian real estate auctioneer of the year winner. He is the recipient of various international film awards including, Best Actor at the Los Angeles Film Awards, Best Director 2022 Cannes Film Awards and Best Actor at the 2022 Beyond Hollywood Int Film Festival.
With a strong acting background, James started his career studying at the prestigious acting school, NIDA in Sydney Australia, before landing a guest role on the hit TV show Home & Away and Freemantle media's Wonderland. Since then, James has gone on to work in Hollywood alongside the likes of Edward Norton, Q'orianka Kilcher, Sam Worthington and Cindy Cowan.
Some of James's additional accolades for include Best Actor in a feature film at the American Golden International Film Festival, Best Presenter at the 2021 iHollywood Film Festival, Best Actor at the 2022 New York Movie Awards, and Best Actor at the Fox International Film Festival.
Outside of acting directing has always been a passion for James, in 2012 he made a $200 short film in outback Australia called New York Model Agent which went on to draw a deal from NBC Universal and lead to getting more directing work. In 2022 he won Best Director at the Cannes Film Awards for his comedy feature film Malibu Crush, a comedy about two best friends who come from Los Angeles to Bondi Beach Australia to stop a wedding. Other directing work includes the documentary Summer Promise and several high-profile fashion commercials. At Present James is the Head of Film Production for Mogul Productions in Los Angeles, their latest film City of Dreams has it's cinema release this summer ( 2024 ) and is distributed by Sony Pictures.
Away from acting and directing, James is regarded as one of the most successful real estate auctioneers for luxury homes. He gained international admiration in the United States for setting several of the highest real estate auction prices. In 2018, he signed a deal with reality show heavyweight Charlie Ebersol / Ebersol Lanigan and Theco.com for his show selling celebrity houses within Los Angeles. In 2019 James was named Australia's Top 5 Under 35 in Entertainment, he also made history by becoming the first person in the world to auction real estate by crypto-currency in April 2019.
James was a keynote speaker at NBC Universal's italk New York event in February of 2020, speaking alongside Bravo TV's Ali Levine, Roc Nation's Philly Freeway and Jalen James Acosta.
With a strong acting background, James started his career studying at the prestigious acting school, NIDA in Sydney Australia, before landing a guest role on the hit TV show Home & Away and Freemantle media's Wonderland. Since then, James has gone on to work in Hollywood alongside the likes of Edward Norton, Q'orianka Kilcher, Sam Worthington and Cindy Cowan.
Some of James's additional accolades for include Best Actor in a feature film at the American Golden International Film Festival, Best Presenter at the 2021 iHollywood Film Festival, Best Actor at the 2022 New York Movie Awards, and Best Actor at the Fox International Film Festival.
Outside of acting directing has always been a passion for James, in 2012 he made a $200 short film in outback Australia called New York Model Agent which went on to draw a deal from NBC Universal and lead to getting more directing work. In 2022 he won Best Director at the Cannes Film Awards for his comedy feature film Malibu Crush, a comedy about two best friends who come from Los Angeles to Bondi Beach Australia to stop a wedding. Other directing work includes the documentary Summer Promise and several high-profile fashion commercials. At Present James is the Head of Film Production for Mogul Productions in Los Angeles, their latest film City of Dreams has it's cinema release this summer ( 2024 ) and is distributed by Sony Pictures.
Away from acting and directing, James is regarded as one of the most successful real estate auctioneers for luxury homes. He gained international admiration in the United States for setting several of the highest real estate auction prices. In 2018, he signed a deal with reality show heavyweight Charlie Ebersol / Ebersol Lanigan and Theco.com for his show selling celebrity houses within Los Angeles. In 2019 James was named Australia's Top 5 Under 35 in Entertainment, he also made history by becoming the first person in the world to auction real estate by crypto-currency in April 2019.
James was a keynote speaker at NBC Universal's italk New York event in February of 2020, speaking alongside Bravo TV's Ali Levine, Roc Nation's Philly Freeway and Jalen James Acosta.
