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“James has an innate ability to fuse classic elegance with contemporary style and interpret formal wear in an individual way.” - Frida Giannini

James and Frida Giannini pose in front of a Fernand Léger painting in Giannini’s living room in this shot for Harper’s Bazaar’s March 2011 issue

“In film, you think of the director as a kind of artist,”  “But if you’re directing a movie, especially if it’s very expensive, you have something of a responsibility to make the money back for that studio. You’re working with a similar model. There’s always been a tension between a director, who wants his own vision, and the studio, which might think, ‘Well, that vision might not appeal to everyone. We want more of a general appeal.’”