James Spione

James Michael Spione is an American director, producer, writer and editor of both documentary and fiction films. Early on in his career, he developed a reputation for suspenseful dramatic shorts; his later career, however, has been marked by a new focus on short and feature-length documentaries for both theatrical release and public television broadcast.

His film, Incident in New Baghdad, was nominated in the Documentary Short Subject category of the 84th Academy Awards.