James Mackenzie founded Cool Mischief in 2014 as a graduate of Loyola Marymount's School of Film & Television in Los Angeles. His MFA thesis was recognized on the US BAFTA Student Awards shortlist, and as a member of the Film Independent Incubator Lab, he helmed his award-winning first feature, American Zealot. He brought his web series Tough Love to the Tribeca N.O.W. Creators Market, and premiered Three Men Named Mantas, an international co-production shot in Lithuania, at the Atlanta Film Festival. These and other projects have been featured by Variety, Revry, and WABE/PBS, screened at numerous Academy-Award qualifying festivals. He serves as an Associate Professor at the University of North Georgia, where he is currently developing his next feature film as part of the inaugural Micro-Budget Narrative Feature Lab. 

james@coolmischief.com