James Hale set up Lazerbeam Productions in 2015. A BAFTA Cymru award-winning series producer and director, he has created acclaimed factual documentaries for the BBC, Discovery, and S4C.He has twice been nominated for BAFTA Cymru’s best director award.

His credits include network BBC TV documentaries such as Music For Misfits: The Story of Indie (BAFTA Cymru winner), Public Enemy: Prophets of Rage, David Bowie & the Story of Ziggy Stardust, Born to Be Wild, and One Nation Under a Groove. He also directed Brink of Disaster for Discovery and Super Furry Animals: The Furry Years for S4C.

James began his career in network BBC radio, winning a Radio Academy Award for BBC Radio 4’s series Who Sold the Soul?, before moving into television. With Lazerbeam, he has produced series including Roots Reggae Rebellion with MC and activist Akala, Black Music Wales, and Hidden Wales with Will Millard, which earned multiple BAFTA Cymru nominations.

Recent work includes the BBC Two series A Killing in Tiger Bay and Firebombers, as well as BBC Sounds’ Operation Seal Bay, all of which explored pivotal stories from Welsh history. He is currently producing a true-crime series for the BBC and S4C, alongside a documentary about Greenland.