James Madigan

Director

Biography

James Madigan is a film and television director whose feature debut, Fight or Flight, premiered in cinemas nationwide in 2025. Before stepping into directing, he accumulated extensive experience in visual effects and as a second unit director on major studio films, including The Meg, Bill & Ted Face the Music, and Insurgent.

Directed 11

2020s

2025
Fight or Flight
Director
65
2023
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Second Unit Director
56
2021
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
Second Unit Director
49
2020
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Second Unit Director
65

2010s

2019
See
Second Unit Director
77
2018
Medal of Honor
Director
77
The Meg
Second Assistant Director
53
2017
Marvel's Runaways
Director
69
2016
Allegiant
Second Unit Director
43
2015
Insurgent
Second Unit Director
51
2013
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Second Unit Director
48

Visual effects 6

2010s

2015
Insurgent
Visual Effects Supervisor
51
2013
RED 2
Visual Effects Supervisor
57
2010
RED
Visual Effects Supervisor
68

2000s

2006
The Da Vinci Code
Visual Effects Supervisor
54
2005
The Brothers Grimm
Visual Effects Coordinator
53
2000
Last Stand
VFX Supervisor