Larissa James
Unconventional (in post-production)
Follows queer siblings, Noah and Margot Guillory, and their significant others and the challenges they have to overcome as they try to start an unconventional family in an unstable world during their thirties.
Larissa James developed characters, plot & broke story lines for Season 1 in the writer's room with the showrunner, Kit Williamson, & the writing team. She was a producer, staff writer & editor for episodes 101-109.
EastSiders (NETFLIX)
16 Daytime Emmy Nominations including 3 Outstanding Digital Drama Series.
As an Executive Producer, Larissa James collaborated with the showrunner, Kit Williamson, to craft and apply story notes in post production. As the Supervising Post Producer & Lead Editor, she edited Seasons 2 -4 and managed the post production team in dailies through final deliverables to Netflix.
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (NETFLIX ORIGINAL FEATURE)
This feature documentary spotlights Debbie Allen's career and follows her group of dance students as they prepare for Allen's annual "Hot Chocolate Nutcracker". Larissas James, as a Story Producer & Editor, she worked with Director: Oliver Bokelberg and Showrunner: Shonda Rhimes.
Sustainable Futures: Survivor Girls
Documents the unexpected impact of a solar power and water filtration system donated to a trafficking rescue and rehabilitation center for young female survivors in Kolkata, India. Larissa James, as a Story Producer & Editor, she worked with the director, Nicole Watson.
Upstate
Things turn sexual when a gay couple visits their friend's cabin in upstate NY for the weekend, and they find out they may not know each other as well as they think. The hotly debated issues of HIV stigma, disclosure, and undetectability lay the groundwork for this tense dramatic short about intimacy between friends. Larissa James, as a Story Producer & Editor, she worked with Director/Writer: Kit Williamson.
