James McTeigue

Biography

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.

Directed

1. V for Vendetta (2006) — Director
2. Sense8 (2015) — Director
3. Ninja Assassin (2009) — Director
4. The Raven (2012) — Director
5. Survivor (2015) — Director
6. Breaking In (2018) — Director
7. Marco Polo (2014) — Director
8. Messiah (2020) — Director
9. Caserta Palace Dream (2014) — Director
10. Blood Music — Director
11. Alien Sleeper Cell — Director
12. The Midnight Pool — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Matrix Resurrections (2021) — Innocuous Man
2. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010) — Self (archive footage)
3. The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load (2003) — Self
4. The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase (2004) — Self
5. Speed Racer: Car Fu (2008) — Self