James St. James

Known for Acting

8/1/1966(Age 59)

Biography

James St. James is the author of "Disco Bloodbath", the Edgar Award nominated book that was later made into the movie Party Monster starring Macauley Culkin and Seth Green.

Known For (8 credits)

6.3

Movie

Workhorse Queen

2021

After an unlikely casting onto a reality television show, 47-year old suburban telemarketer Ed Popil leaves his job to pursue a full-time entertainment industry career as his drag queen alter ego, 1960’s era housewife Mrs. Kasha Davis.

Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig

6.3

Movie

Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig

2015

A review of the wild New York City nightlife of the 90s. The cast of characters who made up the infamous Club Kids speak candidly about that era, culminating with Alig's release from incarceration.

6.2

Movie

Fun with Dick and Jane

2005

After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it -- but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.

Movie

The 80s: Downtown

2005

A look at the culture of 1980s New York.

5.3

America's Next Top Model

2003

Aspiring models compete for a chance to break into the business with a panel of judges critiquing their progress throughout the competition.

6.3

Movie

Party Monster: The Shockumentary

1998

Tells the story of the rise and fall of Michael Alig, a kid from Middle America who aspired to take the place of Andy Warhol. Michael quickly rose to become the biggest party promoter in New York and King of the so-called Club Kids. But after spiraling into drug addiction, Michael brutally murdered his roommate Angel Melendez.

4.3

Movie

Shampoo Horns

1998

Sensationalistic group portrait of New York City ‘’club kids,’’ makes you long for those good old days when Andy Warhol’s self-appointed superstars brought a certain humor and bohemian sense of style to his semi-improvised films.

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Nelson Sullivan

1989

Nelson Sullivan, a videographer in Manhattan circa 1983 to 1989, documented a large chunk of the final six years of his life, capturing his days and nights with drag queens and other NYC outcasts of the time. His style takes on a "home movie quality" that captures a lost - and now romanticized - American era in all of its mundane glory.