James Helsing's interest in filmmaking blossomed as a pre-teen, when he drafted his friends into his home movies; 8mm camera in hand... "The Big Slope", "Earthquake Inferno" and "The Last Flight" .
Alumnus of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, England.
Good friends with Eileen Atkins.
Of the 400 students who auditioned for Englands prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he won one of 20 available spots. Guest lecturers included Ian Richardson.
