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James Adam Tucker
James Adam Tucker (born December 19, 1962) is an American actor, film director, and film editor. He has worked in a number of mainstream and union films as an actor, while producing, writing and directing several independent feature films, largely in the horror genre.

Early Life
Tucker was born in Morristown, New Jersey in 1962. As a youth, he often filmed his family performing original skits with his camcorder (IMDb). While attending college at Morgan State University, he began to work in video production while pursuing acting as a passion (Drac/IV, IMDb). His first feature film role was as a policeman in John Waters’ 1988 film Hairspray. After graduating in 1987, James and his wife Patricia moved to California to pursue his acting career.

Career
Tucker’s first completed feature film as a director, Devil Snow, was produced in 1989 and released to home video in 1991. The film is notable for featuring the first onscreen appearance for actor Morris Chestnut.

Working with his own Horroraction Productions, Tucker completed the super 8 independent features Steps from Hell (1991) and Lunatic (1992). These films were self-financed and distributed, and featured non-union cast and crew with Tucker and his associates performing a number of on-set roles themselves (IV/Drac).

Throughout the 1990s, Tucker also worked with Vista Street Entertainment in various roles and contributed to the films The Flesh Merchant. He also continued to direct independent features, including Human Prey and Knightwalks.

As an actor, Tucker has appeared in many independent and major studio productions, with notable roles in motion pictures as well as television. In recent years, he has been featured on The Mindy Project, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, and the upcoming Disney+ series Genius: MLK/X.

In the early 2000s, Tucker and producer/writer Joshua Nelson worked together to produce a series of independent horror films that received distribution on home video. These include Skinned Alive, Aunt Rose, and Pink Eye. These features have received wide release through a number of companies, including Lionsgate Entertainment, Anchor Bay Entertainment, and Halo 8 Entertainment+, respectively. His 2004 comedy film Baby Fat won the award for Best Feature Film at the 2004 Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition.

James has also worked extensively as an editor, beginning with Mike Tristano’s The Flesh Merchant (1993). He has edited many of his own feature films as well as dozens of shorts and motion pictures for other filmmakers.