James Newberry

James Newberry

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James Newberry is an award winning film composer who has worked with numerous creative filmmakers and storytellers. His approach to scoring to picture and unique voice can be heard on various features, Oscar-eligible short films that have reached top-tier film festivals around the world (Sundance, SXSW, NYFF, Tribeca, etc.), television series, and more.

Most Known for...

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The Stroll 2023 (6.7)

The history of New York’s Meatpacking District, told from the perspective of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there. Filmmaker Kristen Lovell, who walked “The Stroll” for a decade, reunites her community to recount the violence, policing, homelessness, and gentrification they overcame to build a movement for transgender rights.
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Wolfgang 2021 (8)

An intimate portrait of the life and work of the original "celebrity chef" Wolfgang Puck.
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Enigma 2025 (5.4)

Two legends contested their identities as women in the court of public opinion: April Ashley, who was immortalized as a trailblazer by embracing her transgender history; and Amanda Lear, who has consciously denied and obfuscated her history for decades. Their divergent paths reveal disparate but intertwined legacies.