Helen James - Biography

 Helen James is an experienced presenter, an accomplished producer and creative director who formed her video production company after twenty years working in radio and television for the BBC and ITV.

Helen is a top class journalist who is technically skilled, as an editor (AVID and Final Cut Pro) and camera operator (studio and Sony Z1). Her time working as a studio director, vision mixer and sound mixer also makes her a great team-player with a keen visual sense and depth of filming experience.

Helen is driven, thorough and passionate about her work. She’s very knowledgeable and always full of ideas - her enthusiasm is infectious. She’s trustworthy, reliable and her warm friendly manner gets the best out of people. Helen’s a skilled interviewer who is as confident with senior politicians as Hollywood celebrities. She’s a great problem-solver too. Her ‘can do’ attitude and her capacity for sheer hard work, means she always delivers to the highest standards.

That’s why for the past fourteen years Helen has excelled as a news presenter and senior reporter, firstly for ITV Yorkshire and then working on the award-winning live news magazine shows, ‘Meridian Tonight’ and ‘Thames Valley Tonight’.

Her high gloss entertainment features have been broadcast throughout the UK. Helen also forged a relationship between ITV Drama and news, creating promotional films on some of Britain’s best dramas, which she continues to do now as Managing Director of Helen James Productions Ltd. She’s also produced and directed half hour factual programmes for ITV.

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