James Steven Sadwith (Directing)

Coming Through the Rye

Coming Through the Rye, set in 1969, is a touching coming of age story of sensitive, 16 year old Jamie Schwartz, who is not the most popular kid at his all boys' boarding school. Disconnected from students and teachers, he believes he is destined to play Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye, and has adapted the book as a play.

Release Date:2016-10-13

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:28

A Smile as Big as the Moon

Mike Kersjes is a special-education teacher and football coach in Michigan. Mike doesn’t talk down to his "special" students. He respects them, and he believes they’re capable of achieving great things. When Mike hears about Space Camp, a competitive education program at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, he gets an idea. Even though the program is designed for gifted science students, Mike decides participating in the summer program would do wonders for the self-esteem of his young students, one in particular who wants to be an astronaut.

Release Date:2012-01-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:12

Life Is Wild

The story of a dysfunctional blended family from New York who moves to a rural South African town and finds they must rely on each other more than they ever did back home.

Release Date:2007-10-07

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:4

Elvis

A chronicle of the life of Elvis Presley, from his humble beginnings to his rise to international stardom.

Release Date:2005-05-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:8

Elvis

Biographical miniseries chronicling the rise of American music icon Elvis Presley from his high school years to his international superstardom.

Release Date:2005-05-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:52

The Advocate's Devil

A charismatic basketball star (Holt McCallany) is accused of rape. A lawyer (Ken Olin) in need of a big win is brought in to get the star off. The lawyer wins the case, but along the way he discovers that the player may not be as innocent as he leads on to the public. Then things get worse when he discovers the player has led his teen-age daughter to a hotel room for a "special" birthday party for her.

Release Date:1997-10-05

Department:Writing

Job:Teleplay

Vote Count:5

Gun

Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.

Release Date:1997-04-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Gun

Gun is an American television anthology series which aired on ABC on Saturday night from April 12, to May 31, 1997 at 10:00 p.m Eastern time. The series lasted six episodes, each directed by a well-known director, before being cancelled. Each episode involves the same semi-automatic pistol as an important part of the plot. The characters each episode are completely different and appeared unrelated to those who appeared in other episodes. The series was produced by Robert Altman and attracted numerous recognizable stars including Fred Ward, Kathy Baker, Carrie Fisher, Daryl Hannah, Randy Quaid, and Martin Sheen, as well as James Gandolfini in his first television appearance. The theme song was a cover of The Beatles' "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", performed by U2.

Release Date:1997-04-12

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:3

Harmful Intent

An anaesthesiologist is accused of causing a young women's death during childbirth.

Release Date:1993-12-04

Department:Writing

Job:Teleplay

Sinatra

Sinatra is a 1992 CBS miniseries biography and drama, starring Philip Casnoff as singer Frank Sinatra, developed and executive produced by Frank's youngest daughter Tina Sinatra.

Release Date:1992-11-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:8

Crossroads

Johnny Hawkins (Robert Urich) and his 16-year-old son, Dylan (Dalton James), renew their relationship traveling across America on a motorcycle.

Release Date:1992-09-14

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:1

Deadly Intentions... Again?

A doctor was sent to prison for the attempted murder of his first wife. When he is released, he starts to plan the death of his second wife whom he married before he was incarcerated.

Release Date:1991-02-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

In Broad Daylight

The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswoman about Len's son not being able to pay his sweets triggers off his persecution complex. As revenge for the believed insult, the whole family starts stalking the shop owner and her husband... until this escalates and the old man gets badly injured. Len is arrested, but gets off, free on bail. His clever attorney delays the court session for more than a year - while Rowan keeps threatening the witnesses. But then, the people feel they've had enough of this and decide to take the law in their own hands...

Release Date:1991-02-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:7

Baby M

Baby M is a two-part TV movie predicated on a headline-making true event. In 1985, Mary Beth Whitehead accepted $10,000 to bear a child, which then would be adopted by William and Elizabeth Stern. But after the baby's birth in March of 1986, Whitehead reneged on the agreement. The subsequent high-profile custody trial raged on for well over nine months.

Release Date:1988-05-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

Baby M

A childless couple enlists the help of a woman to be their surrogate for their first child. What ensues changes their lives and laws of surrogacy.

Release Date:1988-05-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:1

Bluffing It

A functionally illiterate factory foreman (Dennis Weaver) loses his job after refusing a promotion that requires reading.

Release Date:1987-09-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Murder Ordained

This is the story of a minister who's feeling unhappy in his marriage who then has an affair with a church employee, who is also married, and who also has affairs, and whose husband is unwilling to divorce her. One day the minister's wife is found dead, in what appears to be an auto accident, but the highway patrolman who investigated the accident doesn't think that it's an accident but doesn't have enough evidence to justify an investigation. Later, when the woman's husband is killed an investigation begins.

Release Date:1987-05-03

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

Murder Ordained

Murder Ordained is a television miniseries which originally aired for CBS in 1987, starring Keith Carradine, JoBeth Williams, and Kathy Bates. The telefilm was directed and co-written by Mike Robe. Based on actual events that occurred in Emporia, Kansas in 1983, the film tells the story of trooper John Rule whose investigation into a fatal traffic accident involving a local minister's wife turns into a case of murder when it becomes apparent that the accident was no accident at all. Much of the principal photography and filming occurred on location in Kansas and some of the dialogue comes directly from court transcripts. The film was subsequently released on VHS and DVD. The cast also includes Terry Kinney, M. Emmet Walsh, John Goodman and Johnny Galecki. The miniseries was nominated for an Emmy Award.

Release Date:1987-05-03

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:6

Who Is Julia?

A strikingly beautiful and wealthy woman is hit by a truck and is all smashed up and nearly killed. At nearly the same time, a very plain looking lower middle class woman simply faints and suffers brain death. The beautiful womans brain is fine, so, doctors merely transplant her brain into plain Jane. Problems ensue when plain Janes husband continues to believe she is still his wife. She has no memory of him, and goes to live with the beautiful womans husband. She doesn't mix well with her new socialite friends and family. Mirrors are emotional battlefields as well.

Release Date:1986-10-26

Department:Production

Job:Associate Producer

Vote Count:4

The Odds

Bookie never refuses a bet. Bettor only bets long shots and beats impossible odds each time. Bookie's latest bet is that bettor will die of natural causes by 8:00 am tomorrow.

Release Date:1984-10-21

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.

Release Date:1984-09-30

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:79

Two of a Kind

Nolie has just turned 21 but is retarded and acts more like 8. While claiming that she only wants to help him, his "smother" actually likes things that way. One day Nolie visits his beloved grandfather in a rest home and is horrified at how the old man has deteriorated, vegetating in his wheelchair. He realizes that this is partly due to the medication the nurses are giving him. Nolie decides that he must rehabilitate Grandpa himself, since no one else cares. Furthermore, he and Grandpa must keep their project a secret. It's a job for a man, and time for Nolie to become one.

Release Date:1982-10-08

Department:Writing

Job:Writer