James Phillips (born 29 April 1977) is a British playwright, director and photographer.

Educated at St Catherine's College, Oxford, Phillips' first play, The Rubenstein Kiss, won both the John Whiting Award (2006)^[1] and the TMA Award for Best Play. As a director he has worked extensively and was a recipient of the National Arts Endowment Award for his first professional production, Frank McGuinness's Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme at the Pleasance, London.^[2]

Plays

• The Little Fir Tree (2004) premiered at Sheffield Theatres, directed by James Phillips^[3]
• The Rubenstein Kiss (2005) premiered at the Hampstead Theatre, directed by James Phillips^[1]
• Wind in the Willows (2010) adapted for Latitude Festival, directed by Alan Lane^[4]
• Time and the City (2011) premiered in Hull for Slung Low Theatre Company, directed by Alan Lane^[5]
• Hidden in the Sand (2013) premiered at Trafalgar Studios, directed by James Phillips^[6]
• City Stories (2013-ongoing) resident at St James Theatre, London, transferred to 59E59 Theaters, New York in May 2016,^[7] directed by James Phillips^[8]
• The White Whale (2014) premiered in Leeds for Slung Low Theatre Company, directed by Alan Lane^[9]
• Camelot: The Shining City (2015) premiering at Sheffield Theatres, directed by Alan Lane^[10]
• McQueen (2015) premiering at St James Theatre, London, transferred to Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London in August 2015, directed by John Caird^[11]
• Flood (2017) premiering as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017, directed by Alan Lane^[12][13]

Other work

• If We Dead Awaken (2012), TV drama for Coming Up, Channel 4, directed by Luke McManus^[14]
• Nicosia: The Last Dividing Line (2013), book of documentary photography, published by En Tipis (Nicosia, Cyprus)^[15]