James McTeigue
James McTeigue is an Australian film director. He has been an assistant director on many films, including No Escape (1994), the Matrix trilogy (1999–2003) and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), and made his directorial debut in the 2006 film V for Vendetta. Born on Sydney's North Shore, he grew up in Collaroy Plateau, a suburb on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. McTeigue attended Marist Brothers North Sydney then Cromer High School, in Cromer, a northern beach suburb of Sydney. He completed tertiary study in film at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga Campus.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1967-12-29 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known for
- The Matrix (1999) — First Assistant Director
- V for Vendetta (2006) — Director
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) — Assistant Director
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003) — First Assistant Director
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003) — First Assistant Director
- The Matrix Resurrections (2021) — Innocuous Man
- Dark City (1998) — Assistant Director
- Sense8 (2015) — Director
- Ninja Assassin (2009) — Director
- The Raven (2012) — Director
- Survivor (2015) — Director
- Breaking In (2018) — Director
- Marco Polo (2014) — Director
- The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) — Production Assistant
- No Escape (1994) — Second Second Assistant Director
- Messiah (2020) — Director