{{short description|American film director (1890–1952)}} {{About|the American film director and screenwriter|other people with the same name|Alan James (disambiguation)}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Alan James | birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|03|23}} | birth_place = Port Townsend, Washington, United States | death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|12|30|1890|03|23}} | death_place = Hollywood, California, United States | occupation = Film director<br>Screenwriter | years_active = 1916-1951 }} '''Alan James''' (March 23, 1890 – December 30, 1952) was an American film director and screenwriter.
He was born in Port Townsend, Washington, as Alan J. Neitz.<ref name=Westerns>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=frcuEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA142&dq=%22director+Alan+James%22+-wikipedia&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=|pages=128, 140–142, 307, 327|title=Universal Sound Westerns, 1929-1946: The Complete Filmography|first=Gene |last=Blottner|year=2024|isbn=9781476606781|access-date=October 6, 2025}}</ref>
He directed more than 70 films between 1916 and 1943. He also wrote for more than 60 films between 1916 and 1951. Many of those films were Westerns.<ref name=Westerns /><ref name=Hollywood>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WiLgQUah478C&pg=PA87&dq=%22director+Alan+James%22+-wikipedia&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=|title=When Hollywood Came to Town: A History of Movie Making in Utah|first=James |last=D'Arc|year=2010|isbn=9781423619840|access-date=October 6, 2025}}</ref>
He died in Hollywood, California.
==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''Fighting Back'' (1917) * ''The Boss of the Lazy Y'' (1917) * ''The Medicine Man'' (1917) * ''The Learning of Jim Benton'' (1917) * ''The Crow'' (1919) * ''3 Gold Coins'' (1920) * ''Crossing Trails'' (1921) * ''Outlawed'' (1921) * ''The Firebrand'' (1922) * ''Back Fire'' (1922) * ''Dangerous Trails'' (1923) * ''The White Panther'' (1924) * ''The Cowboy and the Flapper'' (1924) * ''The Virgin'' (1924) * ''The Reckless Sex'' (1925) * ''Beyond All Odds'' (1926) * ''The Fighting Peacemaker'' (1926) * ''A Six Shootin' Romance'' (1926) * ''Bad Man's Bluff'' (1926) * ''The Demon'' (1926) * ''Hazardous Valley'' (1927) * ''Born to Battle'' (1927) * ''The Sky Rider'' (1928) * ''The Cheer Leader'' (1928) * ''Firebrand Jordan'' (1930) * ''Hell's Valley'' (1931) * ''Trails of Danger'' (1931) * ''Flying Lariats'' (1931) * ''Pueblo Terror'' (1931) * ''Red Fork Range'' (1931) * ''Lariats and Six-Shooters'' (1931) * ''Come On, Tarzan'' (1932) * ''Tex Takes a Holiday'' (1932) * ''King of the Arena'' (1933) * ''Strawberry Roan'' (1933)<ref name=Westerns /> * ''Fargo Express'' (1933) * ''Swifty'' (1935) * ''Wild Horse Round-Up'' (1936) * ''The Painted Stallion'' (1937) <ref name=Hollywood /> * ''Dick Tracy'' (1937) * ''Land of Fighting Men'' (1938) * ''Flaming Frontiers'' (1938) * ''Call of the Rockies'' (1938) * ''Two Gun Justice'' (1938) * ''Scouts to the Rescue'' (1939) * ''Trigger Smith'' (1939) * ''S.O.S. Coast Guard'' (1942) * ''The Law Rides Again'' (1943) * ''Manhunt of Mystery Island'' (1945) {{Div col end}}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0416258|Alan James}}
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