Multi Award-winning Archive Producer • Producer • Consultant
james rm hunt
Award-winning archive producer with over 29 years of experience across documentary, feature film and television productions. Specialising in archive research, rights clearance, licensing strategy and production consultancy for broadcasters, streamers and independent media and production companies. London, UK based.
ABOUT
Award-winning Archive Producer, Producer and Consultant with more than 29 years’ experience working across documentary, factual television, drama, film and social / multi media.
James specialises in deep archive research, access, production, clearances, legal, licensing, edit management and delivery; working closely with directors, producers, film makers and production companies to find, source and deliver the right material for their stories.
James has worked across a wide range of subjects, including true crime, music, popular culture, history, biography many other genres, with extensive experience taking archive-heavy productions from development through to delivery and transmission.
My work has been recognised with eight personal FOCAL International Award wins, including Archive Producer of the Year 2023 in recognition for "Ronnie's: Ronnie Scott and his Famous Jazz Club" and "American Murder: The Family Next Door". Contributed to BAFTA, Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Venice, RTS, Grierson, Emmy and various other award-winning and nominated productions.
CREDITS
• Cuts: More Than Just a Haircut (working title) – The Corner Shop (in production)
• Mad Dad: The Ken Russell Story (working title) - The Corner Shop (in production)
• The Salt Path Scandal - Candor Productions / Sky
• Poised - Two Yanks and A Brit
• Behind Blue Eyes: The Pete Townshend Story - Pulse Films
• In My Own Words: Billy Connolly - Moonshine Features / BBC One
• Desire: The Carl Craig Story - Bord Cadre Films / Sovereign Films
• THE CONSPIRACY: ASSASSINATION IN BEIRUT – Alef Films and Media Group / – MBC
• Bronson: Fit to Be Free? - Fremantle / Channel 4
• Reality Is Not Enough: Irvine Welch - LS Productions
• The Pigeon Tunnel - directed by Errol Morris / The Ink Factory / Apple TV+
• Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story - BBC Films / Warner Music
• Otto Baxter: Not a F*cking Horror Story - Story Films / Sky Documentaries
• Ronnie's: Ronnie Scott and his Famous Jazz Club - Goldfinch Studios / BBC Studios
• American Murder: The Family Next Door - Knickerbockerglory / Netflix
• Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts - Vice / HBO
• My Generation - starring Sir Michael Caine and produced by Simon Fuller - XIX Entertainment / Lionsgate
• Tyson v Bruno - Workerbee / Sky Documentaries
• I Am Duran: The Roberto Duran Story - AdHoc Films / Universal Pictures
• 808 - You Know Productions / Apple / iTunes
• Gascoigne - Salon Pictures / E1 Entertainment
• 7/7: One Day in London - Minnow Films / BBC One
• Jay-Z: Glastonbury Intro Performance Film - Princess Productions
trailers
CUTS: more than just a haircut (working title) - archive producer - 2026
THE SALT PATH SCANDAL - archive producer - 2026
BILLY CONNOLLY: IN MY OWN WORDS - ARCHIVE PRODUCER - 2025
POISED - ARCHIVE PRODUCER - 2025
desire: the carl graig story - archive producer - 2025
THE CONSPIRACY: ASSASSINATION IN BEIRUT - ARCHIVE PRODUCER - 2024
Ronnie's: Ronnie Scott and his Famous Jazz Club - Archive Producer - 2022
Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11 - archive producer - 2021
american murder: the family next door - archive producer - 2020
THE QUIET ONE - ARCHIVE PRODUCER - 2019
I AM DURAN - archive producer - 2019
MY GENERATION - Archive producer - 2018
808: the movie - archive producer - 2015
Gasgoigne - archive producer - 2015
jay z: Glastonbury performance intro film - archive producer - 2008