Andrea James

Andrea James
Andrea James, 2014
Born	(1967-01-16) January 16, 1967 (age 50)
Occupation	Producer, writer, activist
Website	andreajames.com

Andrea Jean James (born January 16, 1967) is an American trans woman and LGBT rights activist, film producer, director, and blogger.

James grew up in Indiana and attended Wabash College, where she majored in English, Latin and Greek. After graduating in 1989, she obtained a master's degree in English language and literature from the University of Chicago. After her MA, James wrote ads for Chicago advertising agencies, working in the business for ten years. The experience encouraged her to become involved in consumer activism, with a particular interest in medical and academic fraud.

In 2003 James co-founded Deep Stealth Productions, with author and entertainer Calpernia Addams, to create content by and for transgender people. She is the host of the instructional program Finding Your Female Voice. She produced and performed in the first all-transgender cast of The Vagina Monologues in 2004, debuting a new piece created by Eve Ensler for the occasion. She was also a consultant on and appeared in Beautiful Daughters, a documentary film about the event.

James was a script consultant for Transamerica (2005), helping actress Felicity Huffman prepare for her role as a transsexual woman. She appeared in the HBO documentary Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She (2005), and in 2007 directed a short film, Casting Pearls. She was a consulting producer for, and appeared in, the reality-dating television series Transamerican Love Story, on the Logo digital channel in 2008. In 2009 she directed another short film, Transproofed.

In 2012 James co-founded Thought Moment Media. She directed the 2015 Showtime concert film, Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy.