James Kautz

JAMES KAUTZ is a multifaceted artist of stage and screen, hailed by The New York Times as "fearless" and as "fiercely talented" by Time Out New York. He's the Founder of Red Seed Films, an independent film production company whose stories focus on personal transformation, gender, and identity. Red Seed Films' first short, Frankie, written and director by Kautz, is currently making it's way through the festival circuit, premiering at the Oscar-qualifying, 45th Annual Atlanta Film Festival. He's the Founding Artistic Director of the award winning, critically acclaimed, Off Broadway Theatre Company, The Amoralists. Under Kautz's leadership, The Amoralists has produced 22 World and New York Premieres by some of America's most visceral and celebrated playwrights including Adam Rapp, Charly Evon Simpson, Ken Urban, Emily Schwend and Gabriel Jason Dean. Through The Amoralists he has championed the development of over 100 new plays from emerging writers. As an actor he's worked in televis