Steve James
Steve James
early love people perk phase select sharing
I love the idea of sharing some of what we find in the research phase with a select community of people early on as a perk for their donating, and then gauging their feedback.
endlessly fascinated work
I'm endlessly fascinated with the ways families work and the ways they don't.
attracts carries case certainly human issues
It's usually human drama that carries with it issues of race or class that attracts me. That was certainly the case with 'No Crossover.'
accident cable concerned hollywood hoped however led loved sports success turned
It was no accident that I made 'Hoop Dreams' because it concerned a sport that I loved and hoped would be my dream, however far-fetched that turned out to be. Because of the success of that film, Hollywood pigeonholed me as a sports biopic guy, which led to 'Prefontaine' and two cable sports films.