James Duisenberg was born in the San Francisco Bay area. He has been a rock musician and artist since his early teens. In college James began to study music theory, acting and speech communications. Two years in to college he was then steered toward film and video production. Less than one year after his change in education he was producing, directing, and writing TV commercials, producing and directing TV shows, and working on independent films in San Francisco. He now lives on the central coast producing, directing and writing. In 2005 James was the director of a well established film club, Cinemar, and now continues to volunteer his time helping create a new thriving film community.
