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James Runcie
Biographical information
Born	1959
Nationality	British
Current nation of residence	Edinburgh, Scotland
Gender	Male
Eye colour	Brown
Hair colour	Brown
Family	Marilyn Elsie Imrie (wife) ; Charlotte (daughter) ; Rosie Kellagher (step-daughter ;
Website	James Runcie website
Career
In Harry Potter	Director of J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life

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James Runcie directed J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life.

BiographyEdit

Early LifeEdit

James Runcie (born 1959) is the son of Robert Runcie, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, and Rosalind Runcie.^[1] He was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford,^[2] Marlborough College, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

CareerEdit

James Runcie has produced programmes for the BBC, working in the Arts and Music department. He has produced documentaries such as J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life for ITV, My Father (on his father Robert Runcie), and a six-part series How Buildings Learn.

His novels include Canvey Island, The Discovery of Chocolate, and The Colour of Heaven.

Personal LifeEdit

Runcie married Marilyn Elsie Imrie in 1985. They have one daughter together, Charlotte, born in 1989, and James is also stepfather to Marilyn's daughter, Rosie Kellagher, born in 1978. They live in Edinburgh,Scotland.

FilmographyEdit

DirectorEdit

The Genius of British Art (2010)
Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones on Anger (2008)
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life (2007)
Houses of Power (2007)
Betjeman and Me: Griff Rhys Jones (2006)
Darwin's Daughter (2002)
Fire, Plague, War and Treason (2001)
Great Composers (1 episode, 1997)
Hildegard of Bingen (1994)

ProducerEdit

Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones on Anger (2008)
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life (2007)
Houses of Power (2007)
Betjeman and Me: Griff Rhys Jones (2006)
Great Composers (producer) (1 episode, 1997)
Omnibus (producer) 1 episode, (1988)

WriterEdit

Darwin's Daughter (2002)
Fire, Plague, War and Treason (2001)
Hildegard of Bingen (1994)

Notes and referencesEdit

↑ Humphrey Carpenter, Robert Runcie: The Reluctant Archbishop. Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. ISBN 0-340-57107-1. Pages 269–272.
↑ Desmond Devitt (editor), A Diversity of Dragons, 2003. Pages 51–52, An affair to remember.

External linksEdit

Biography from Bloomsbury Publishing
Fantastic Fiction information

[0] Humphrey Carpenter, Robert Runcie: The Reluctant Archbishop. Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. ISBN 0-340-57107-1. Pages 269–272.

[1] Desmond Devitt (editor), A Diversity of Dragons, 2003. Pages 51–52, An affair to remember.

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