James Douglas Genn is a Canadian film and TV writer and director born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1972.

His work includes the feature film Old Stock^[1] and the Genie Award nominated short film The Dog Walker,^[2] produced at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto, where he completed a director's residency in 2003. His work has screened at festivals around the world and has earned him several awards, such as CSA, Genie, Gemini, and DGC award nominations,^[3] and the first ever Philip Borsos Award. Recent projects directed for television include multiple episodes of Ransom, Mary Kills People's "No Happy Endings Here"^[4] and Rookie Blue for Global; Burden of Truth's "Witch Hunt"/"The Devil in the Desert", Rabbittown and Kim's Convenience for the CBC; Let's Get Physical for POP; HBO Canada's Call Me Fitz;^[5] and Todd and the Book of Pure Evil^[6] for Space.

He is the son of Canadian artist Robert Genn, the brother of musician Dave Genn, and is the twin brother to artist and musician Sara Genn.^[7] Prior to working exclusively as a director and writer, Genn had a successful career in Canada as a sound designer.^[8][9]