Bowker Biography:
James Keach

Director James Keach has worked over the years as an actor, writer, producer and director. He directed the Warner Brothers feature film “the Stars Fell on Henrietta” in association with Malpaso Productions with Clint Eastwood producing. The critically acclaimed film stars Robert Duvall, Aiden Quinn and Frances Fisher.

A graduate of Northwestern University and the Yale School of Drama, James Keach received classical training as an actor at the New York Shakespeare Festival under director Joseph Papp. Keach went on to perform on stage at the Body Politic Theater in Chicago. He also directed there, as we as in New York and at the Los Angeles’ Mark Taper Forum including “Wildcats” with Goldie Hawn, “Love Letters” with Jamie Lee Curtis, “Vacation,” “The Experts,” “ Moving Violations,” “Along Comes a Horseman” and “The Razor’s Edge” with Bill Murray.

Keach executive produced and co-wrote the feature films The Long Riders (in which he also starred as Jesse James) and Armed and Dangerous. He produced the feature The Experts and co-wrote and directed the telefilm The Forgotten which received a Cable Ace Award. Keach also received two Western Heritage Awards for Best Director, for the series “The Young Riders” (which he also produced). The television movie A Winner Never Quits: The Pete Gray Story, produced by Keach, won the Humanitas Award for ABC. Keach also produced and directed False Identity for RKO, which starred Stacy Keach, Jr. and Genevieve Bujold.

Keach produced and directed his wife Jane Seymour in the telefilms A Passion For Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story, Sunstroke, Praying Mantis, The Absolute Truth, and with Keith Carradine, Enslavement: The True Life Story of Fanny Kemble, all through their company Catfish Productions. Keach has also directed Leslie Nielsen in the independent feature Camouflage. Keach returned to acting in the feature film The New Swiss Family Robinson starring opposite his wife. The couple’s collaboration on Marriage of Convenience yielded one of the highest rated television movies of the season and the “Dr. Quinn” television movie for CBS, as well as the series. All were directed by Keach and starred Jane Seymour.

James Keach directed a two-hour television MOW for CBS, entitled Blackout. Starring his wife Jane Seymour, Blackout is a thrilling caper of murder and suspense; the story of a family trapped inside a darkened mall with a vicious killer. Keach also directed Seymour in Murder in the Mirror, another two-hour MOW, for CBS about a widow who uncovers the mysterious and secret life of her husband. Feeling unsettled, the woman pieces together the elements, eventually leading her to resolution, redemption and inner peace. Both were produced through Catfish Productions. James then completed the MOW Terrible Hours, and Moms on Strike, for producer Stan Brooks Once Upon A Time Films. Sam Neil stars in Terrible Hours with James Sikking supporting. It is a classic submarine story in the vein of Robert Wise’s Run Silent, Run Deep, and Wolfgang Petersen’s Das Boot. Moms on Strike stars Faith Ford as an overworked mother of two driven to strike when her family takes her for granted. The lighthearted comedy also stars Tim Matheson as the father and husband suddenly forced to appreciate all of his wife’s efforts in raising her children and have a job.

Most recently Keach has directed Disease of the Wind a documentary shot in partnership with the American Red Cross. The film documents the Red Cross Measles initiative, which was launched in 2002. The Measles Initiative was responsible for inoculating over a million children against the deadly childhood disease. Disease of the Wind has shown at several Film Festivals and won several awards including: The Audience award for Best Documentary at The Deep Ellum Film Festival, and the Lionel Rogosin Award for Documentary filmmaking.

 

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